Mike McGuire, who represents the area, said Rio Dell, home to just a few thousand people, sustained most of the damage. The state highway department tweeted a photo showing crumpled pavement. "This is another example of the fact that earthquakes can occur at any time without notice," he said.Īuthorities closed an important bridge in Ferndale that was damaged. That included the number of homes that might be damaged badly enough to displace residents, he said. Ghilarducci did not have specifics on the extent of damage to structures and infrastructure, saying assessments were still underway. "It was probably the most violent earthquake we have felt in the 15 years I have lived here," he said. Their infant daughter, he said, slept through it. Though the region, part of California's lightly populated, forested far north coast, is prone to earthquakes, residents described the incident as particularly jarring.Įureka resident Dan Dixon, 40, said he and his wife were sleeping when it jolted them awake and shook everything, throwing pictures in their home to the ground. The epicenter was just offshore at a depth of about 10 miles (16 kilometers). near Ferndale, a small community about 210 miles (345 kilometers) northwest of San Francisco and close to the Pacific coast. The magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 2:34 a.m. FERNDALE - A powerful earthquake that residents described as "violent" rocked a rural stretch of the Northern California coast early Tuesday, leaving 11 people injured and tens of thousands of people without power as a rain storm was about to roll in, officials said.
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