UPDATED 6:44AM
FERNDALE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California, jolting people awake, and thousands were without power afterward. No injuries were immediately reported following the earthquake, which occurred about 2:34 a.m. PT Tuesday near Ferndale, a small community about 213 miles northwest of San Francisco.
Following the earthquake, more than 55,000 customers were reported to be without power in the surrounding area, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country. The earthquake came just days after a small magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, waking up thousands of people at 3:39 a.m. Saturday and causing minor damage.
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FERNDALE, Calif. (WBAP/KLIF) – A massive #earthquake rocked #northernCali this morning. The epicenter of the 6.4 quake is about 7 miles West of #Ferndale, 130miles north of San Francisco around 2:24AM PT. At least 14 aftershocks have been reported.
Numerous homes and businesses were without power early Tuesday in Humboldt County – about 55,000 outages were reported there, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.
Twitter users posted reaction to the quake and video of damages:
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