Act Daily News
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Northern California officers are again in clean-up mode after the second earthquake in two weeks struck the area Sunday morning, cracking partitions and roads.
The 5.4 magnitude earthquake was shallow, placing at a depth of about 19 miles, the US Geological Survey (USGS) mentioned. It was centered about 30 miles south of Eureka and 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell, the USGS mentioned.
A 6.4 earthquake additionally shook the world, about 125 miles south of the Oregon border, on December 20, leading to two deaths.
Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes mentioned the December quake additionally left 27 of the city’s properties red-tagged – that means they have been unsafe as a consequence of harm – and 73 properties yellow-tagged. Some of the buildings have been additional broken Sunday and will have to be torn down, she mentioned.
“We are kind of starting over – we had moved from our response to recovery, and now we are basically in both,” Garnes instructed Act Daily News’s Pamela Brown Sunday. “We have to be back in response because the southern end of town really took it hard this time.”
Garnes mentioned Sunday’s quake shook her home.
“It was crazy. The earthquake felt more violent this time,” Garnes instructed Act Daily News. “It was shorter, but more violent. My refrigerator moved two feet. Things came out of the refrigerator. There’s a crack in my wall from the violence of it.”
Garnes mentioned a neighbor’s home additionally had a crack within the wall from the quake.
The mayor mentioned 30% of the city’s water is shut down and the city misplaced “pockets” of energy. There is a 35-foot crack in one of many city’s important roads, she mentioned.
But the mayor mentioned there was a “tremendous response from the community,” within the type of state and native companies in addition to help from neighboring cities.
“Literally everyone is trying their best to help us get through this,” Garnes mentioned.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a press release that Sunday’s quake had reduce energy to an estimated 50% of Rio Dell’s residents. It mentioned the Red Cross had opened an in a single day shelter for quake-impacted residents.
The Office of the California Governor Gavin Newsom mentioned that it was monitoring the quake’s impression.
“Stay safe – check gas and water lines for damages or leaks, prepare for aftershocks, and remember to drop, cover, and hold on,” the workplace mentioned in a tweet.