A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Northern California’s Eureka area Tuesday at 2:34 a.m. (Pacific time), leaving thousands of residents without power, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake was centered off the coast of the Pacific, roughly 7.5 miles from the Humboldt County city of Ferndale and 280 miles northwest of Sacramento, according to CNN. An estimated 71,000 outages were reported by utility tracker PowerOutage.us and at least one bridge has been damaged, according to CNN. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that there is no tsunami threat associated with the quake at this time. There are also no reports of injuries as of early Tuesday morning, according to CNN.
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Most homes and businesses in the region were affected by the quake and the California Highway Patrol reported debris scattered across major roadways.
Local resident Wendy Pickett Monolias awoke to the shaking in Eureka.
“Once the shaking finally stopped, we got our flashlights and phones and looked around. Everything was in shambles,” Pickett Monolias said, according to CNN. “Things you wouldn’t expect to have fallen over or broken did. An entire cabinet in the bathroom fell over and broke apart.” (RELATED: Incredible Videos Surface From Massive Earthquake In Papua New Guinea)
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of northern California early Tuesday morning, knocking out power for thousands. pic.twitter.com/bm7gv2oBPd
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The main quake sent tremors from coastal Oregon to south of San Jose. More than two dozen shakes as powerful as 4.6 magnitude continued to strike the area after the main quake, according to CNN.
The earthquake struck days after a different 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area at 3:39 a.m. Saturday, according to The Guardian.