About 14,560 people were without electricity on Wednesday morning, a majority of whom are in Fortuna, Rio Dell and Ferndale, said a spokesperson for Pacific Gas & Electric.
More than 3 million people were notified by phone early Tuesday of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Northern California.
“I’d never reacted like this to an earthquake before,” she said. “It’s been scary, but this one was really much louder and noisier.” “I thought I was going to be able to pass that down to my daughter and grandchildren, but this being Humboldt County, you can’t always tell,” she said.A house listed for sale in Rio Dell, Calif., suffered significant structural damage in Tuesday’s earthquake.
The State Operations Center was activated to coordinate the response with local and tribal governments, and provide any resources needed.
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