Washington: Strong tremors of the earthquake have been felt in Northern California. The intensity of the earthquake has been measured at 6.4 on the Richter scale. The powerful earthquake was very strong on the northern coast of California, causing more damage there. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, at least 11 people have been reported injured, while 2 others have died. According to a Reuters report, the earthquake occurred near Ferndale, a rural area in northern California, about 345 km northwest of San Francisco and close to the Pacific coast.
Due to this earthquake on Tuesday, there has been heavy damage to houses, roads, electricity and water facilities. Thousands of people were forced to live without electricity. About 79,000 homes in Ferndale and surrounding Humboldt County were without power immediately after the quake, according to the electric grid tracking website PowerOutage.us. There was extensive damage to roads and homes in the surrounding Humboldt County.
According to the report, about 3 million people live in Northern California. Local people told that ‘the intensity of the earthquake was really strong.’ It is good that people got the information of its alert on their cellphones, so that they came out safely. Tremors of magnitude 6.4 are potentially dangerous, enough to bring down a building.
