A preliminary magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Northern California early Tuesday morning.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 2:34 a.m. PT in waters about 7.5 miles west of Ferndale at a depth of just over 16 miles. The city is about 19 miles south of Eureka near the California and Oregon state line.
As of early Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service’s tsunami warning system reported there was no current tsunami threat associated with the quake.
As of just before 4 a.m. PT Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reported tens of thousands of customers without power in the area.
In Humboldt County alone, where Ferndale is lmore then 67,000 people were in the dark.
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Tuesday’s quake was the largest the area had experienced in years, according to USGS data. The last notable quake was a6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck offshore in the Cape Mendocino area of Northern California in December 2021.
That earthquake was centered off the coast about 210 miles northwest of San Francisco, just off a tiny town called Petrolia that’s home to fewer than 1,000 people.
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It also comes on the heels of a magnitude5.1 earthquake rattling the San Francisco Bay Area in late October. No one was injured in the natural disaster. The quake happened on the Calaveras Fault, one of eight major faults in the Bay Area and a branch of the San Andreas Fault line.
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Natalie Neysa Alund covers trending news for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on Twitter @nataliealund.
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