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The earthquake, which struck at 2:34 a.m. (1034 GMT), was about 10
miles (16.1 km) deep, USGS said, and struck about 7.4 (12 km)
west-southwest of Ferndale, California, a Humboldt County town about
a four-hour drive north of San Francisco.
Local media and others on social media reported there were numerous
gas leaks, powerlines down, and at least one structure fire in
Ferndale. A representative from the Humboldt Sheriff's Office was
not immediately available for comment.
Local media reported that the California highway patrol was
responding to reports of cracks in the Ferndale bridge over the Eel
River in and out of Ferndale.
"That earthquake was insane," said Twitter user Jimmy Eller, who
said he lived in Humboldt County. "A good 15-20 seconds of shaking."
Caroline Titus, the editor and publisher of The Ferndale Enterprise,
posted video on Twitter of toppled furniture and household items
scattered on the floor.
"Sorry for dark video. Power still out," Titus tweeted.
More than 64,000 homes and businesses were without power early
Tuesday in Ferndale and surrounding Humboldt County, according to
the electric grid tracking website Poweroutageus.com. Ferndale is
home to about 15,000 people and 261 miles (420 km) north of San
Francisco and just south of Eureka.
The California Independent System Operator, which oversees much of
the state's electrical grid, issued a transmission emergency notice
for the area following the earthquake.
There was no risk of a tsunami, the U.S. tsunami warning system
said.
(Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta and Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru;
editing by Ed Osmond, Susan Heavey, Donna Bryson and Chizu Nomiyama)
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