A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits off the Pacific coast.

shake up northern california

damage roads and houses

The power outage affected tens of thousands of people.

But there were no reports of injuries or deaths.

US National Geological Survey

or USGS (USGS) reported that at approximately 2:34 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 according to the Pacific Standard Time Zone (PT), or approximately 5:34 p.m. on the same day, according to Thai time.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits off the coast of western California.

of the United States

The epicenter is 15 km from Ferndale and is at a depth of 17.9 km.

The National Weather Service's (NWS) tsunami warning system said there was no risk of a tsunami.

while dozens of aftershocks followed

But almost all of them were less than 4 magnitudes.

Initially, there were no reports of casualties or deaths from this quake.

But the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, where Ferndale is located, said there had been damage to homes and roads across the county.

Pacific Gas and Electric, one of California's electric power providers, said

Tens of thousands of customers were still without electricity nearly five hours after the main quake hit.

In Humboldt County alone, more than 71,000 people are already in the dark.

The quake was the strongest California has experienced in three years, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the southern part of the state in July 2019.

Source: USAToday.