Construction crews restore public amenities broken by an earthquake in Ferndale in Humboldt County, California, the United States, on Dec. 21, 2022. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook components of Northern California early Tuesday, inflicting two deaths and 11 accidents and leaving tens of hundreds with out energy. (Photo by Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua through Getty Images)
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An earthquake struck Northern California on Sunday for the second time in lower than two weeks, inflicting energy outages and damages, officers mentioned.
The New Year’s Day earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and struck about 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell in Humboldt County simply after 10:30 a.m. native time (1:35 p.m. ET) Sunday, in accordance with the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office mentioned damages to houses had been reported within the City of Rio Dell, whereas at half of town’s residents had been with out energy Sunday and round 30% with out water. It mentioned restoration efforts had been underway.
As of early Monday, solely a handful of utility clients gave the impression to be affected by outages within the county, in accordance with on-line outage tracker PowerOutage.us.
The sheriff’s workplace didn’t report any accidents in reference to the earthquake.
It mentioned there was no tsunami danger on account of the quake.
As a precaution, the California Department of Transportation briefly closed State Route 211 at Fernbridge Road to conduct security inspections, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned, warning of visitors delays.
The earthquake comes days after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the area on Dec. 20, killing two folks and injuring a minimum of a dozen others, whereas leaving hundreds at the hours of darkness.
Two folks, ages 72 and 83, died from medical emergencies after the December quake, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal beforehand informed reporters. Emergency responders had been unable to get them to the suitable facility in time, he mentioned.
Rio Dell, with a inhabitants of roughly 3,300, was among the many communities to be hit hardest by the quake and dozens of aftershocks that adopted, Honsal mentioned