At least two dead from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Northern California

At least two people have died from a 6.4 magnitude earthquake which shook the northern coast of California in the early hours of Tuesday and which also caused power outages in several cities in the western United States.

The relatively shallow quake struck 40 kilometers southwest of the port city of Eureka, Humboldt Countyreported the US Geological Survey (USGS).

The National Tsunami Warning Center said so tidal waves were not expected.

The electricity grid was affected e nearly 72,000 subscribers (72% of the service) were left without electricity in Humboldt County, according to poweroutage.us.

“There is no electricity in the whole county. Do not call 911 unless you have an immediate emergency,” the city’s Office of Emergency Services warned on Twitter.

The USGS has reported about a dozen small replicas in the area, which is about 400 km al northwest of San Francisco.

a highway collapsedwhich led to access to the city of Fernbridge being blocked, said Dania Romero, a reporter for the KAEF TV channel.

They showed photos and videos posted on social media broken windows, fallen objects in houses and a corridor of Supermarket full of scattered products.

Debris and small debris were also reported along a central route from Humboldt County to central California. rock slides.

San Francisco Seismic Background

The quake occurred a few days after a small one earthquake of magnitude 3.6 would make the san francisco baywaking up thousands of people at 3:39am early Saturday morning and causing minor damage. The earthquake had its epicenter in El Cerrito, about 25 kilometers from the center of San Francisco.

California it is regularly shaken by earthquakes and experts warn of the possibility of an earthquake capable of causing widespread destruction in the next 30 years.

In 1994, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Northridge, northwest of Los Angeles, killed at least 60 people and caused an estimated $10 billion in damage. Another earthquake measuring 6.9 in San Francisco in 1989 claimed the lives of 67 people.

Source: AFP

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