Staff writer Robert Salonga contributed to this report. “Power is out across the county,” the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office stated at 3:13 a.m. The local alert also warned that they might feel some shaking although that did not appear to have materialized.Ī tsunami risk was ruled out by the National Weather Service. The ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System - which is co-operated by the USGS and covers the West Coast, buzzed smartphones and woke up thousands of Bay Area residents to notify them of the earthquake. The aftershocks were primarily inland east of the original temblor. USGS said the depth of the quake is 15.9 kilometers or roughly 9. and was centered about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of the city of Redding, near the tiny community of Cassel. Geological Survey within 45 minutes after the initial 6.4 quake. Diablo approximately 10 miles east of Walnut Creek. (AP) A magnitude 5 earthquake struck a rural area of Northern California’s Shasta County on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage in the lightly populated region. The Valdivia earthquakenamed for the city that suffered the most damagekilled about 1,655. “Widespread damage has been reported to roads and homes, particularly in the Eel River Valley,” the county Office of Emergency Services stated.Ī swarm of aftershocks that included a 4.6 magnitude shaker in the town of Rio Dell several miles inland from the coast also rumbled through Humboldt County Tuesday morning.Īt least 13 aftershocks were reported by the U.S. The strongest earthquake ever recorded was a magnitude 9.5 quake that struck southern Chile in 1960. Residents and journalists in the region were reporting scattered gas leaks around the region, and property damage ranging from collapsed structures in rural areas to felled shelves and other home fixtures.
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