UPDATE: Nearly 72% of Humboldt Co. is now reportedly without power following a magnitude-6.4 earthquake that hit overnight. Latest here:
shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting people awake, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and thousands were without power afterward.
No injuries were immediately reported following the earthquake, which occurred about 2:34 a.m. near Ferndale, a small community in Humboldt County.Approximately 71,000 customers are currently without power in Humboldt County, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country. That's 71% of the customers in the county.People in the Bay Area received alerts from the MyShake App, warning of the shaking. There were no reports of people in the Bay Area feeling the earthquake.
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