A strong earthquake struck Humboldt County in the northern California just after 2:30 a.m. Pacific Time, one year to the day that a similarly large quake shook the same area.
The U.S. Geological survey said the quake, measuring 6.4 magnitude, hit about 7 miles southwest of Ferndale. A 6.2 quake hit the same county on Dec. 20, 2021.
Early reports suggested some homes suffered structural damage, and at least 50,000 people in Humboldt County were without power immediately after the earthquake was reported.
Caroline Titus, the editor and publisher of The Ferndale Enterprise, tweeted a photo of the aftermath in her 140-year-old Victorian home, which she wrote sustained some structural damage.
Other residents reported internal damage such as shelves falling and broken windows. A Twitter user following the California fire scanner tweeted that there were reports of a collapse on Pacific Avenue in Rio Dell with a person potentially unaccounted for.
This is a developing story.