A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday rocked people awake, damaged a bridge, caused gas leaks and left thousands without power.
The earthquake struck at 2:34 a.m. local time and was about 10 miles deep, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck about 7.4 west-southwest of Ferndale, California, a Humboldt County town that is home to about 15,000 people and located 261 miles north of San Francisco and just south of Eureka.
Highway 101 and Highway 299 remained open through Humboldt County, State Senator Mike McGuire said on Twitter, noting that transportation officials were assessing state highway infrastructure. The earthquake caused strong shaking and likely produced light to moderate damage, according to the USGS, which uses a seismometer to measure the time, location and magnitude of a tremor. An earthquake's intensity depends on its distance from a fault, its direction and the local geology.
More than 3,500 people reported to the USGS that they felt the earthquake and the more than a dozen aftershocks reported in the aftermath, the service said online.
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