A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook Northern California about 12 miles west of Ferndale at 2:34 a.m. local time, according to the United States Geological Survey.
By 3:30 a.m., poweroutage.us reported that about 60,000 customers in Humboldt County, about 60 percent of the total customers there, were without power. The oceanside county is more than 200 miles north of San Francisco.
Caroline Titus, a journalist in Ferndale, posted a photo on Twitter showing items in her home spread across the floor after apparently falling off a shelf. “House is a mess,” she said.
That was a big one. Power is now out in #ferndaleca. House is a mess. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/YEmcv1Urhp
— Caroline Titus (@caroline95536) December 20, 2022
The earthquake came exactly one year after a 6.2-magnitude quake struck in nearby Cape Mendocino, also in Humboldt County.
