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Northern California was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake late Thursday morning.. After the tremor struck at 10:45 a.m., just over 60 miles to the west-southwest of Humboldt County’s Ferndale ...
Thursday's earthquake occurred at 10:44 a.m. "Very strong" shaking, as defined by the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, was felt in the Humboldt County communities of Petrolia and Ferndale.
In 2022, two people died after a ma gnitude-6.4 earthquake struck offshore near Ferndale, not far from the recent quake. That earthquake caused close to $100 million in damage in the most recent ...
The 7.0 quake was one of many seismic events that shook Northern California today. Dozens of quakes were recorded near the town of Petrolia in Humboldt County, ranging in magnitude between 3.1 and ...
Sensors at Fortuna detected the earthquake at 02:34 and issued warnings as far as the California–Oregon border, south of San Jose, past Shasta County and to Medford, Oregon. The warning issued was the most widespread since the system went public in 2019. [ 27 ]
Ferndale's location near the Mendocino triple junction, a subduction fault associated with the offshore interaction of the Pacific, North American, and Gorda tectonic plates, makes it extremely susceptible to earthquakes. Earthquakes affected Ferndale in the 19th century, but the first to receive widespread news coverage was the 1906 San ...
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter of the "strong" quake was off the coast ...
The epicenter was about 60 miles southwest of Ferndale, California, and was reportedly about six miles deep. It hit around 10:45 a.m. local time. The USGS said localized damage was possible.