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Digital News Report – Early reports said the northern California earthquake measured 6.0 on the Richter scale but later the USGS downgraded it to 5.9. The quake struck at 12:20 pm Thursday at a depth of 7 miles off the coast of Ferndale / Fortuna.
On January 20th the same area was rocked by a 6.5 earthquake which was felt in Eureka, Yuba City and Redding. The quake was centered 35 miles west-northwest of Petrolia and 36 miles west-southwest of Ferndale.
Did you feel it? Leave a comment below and tell us where you were.
The USGS reported earlier: “A magnitude 6.0 earthquake 321 km Northeast of this one struck the United States on September 21, 1993 (UTC), with estimated population exposures of 1,000 at intensity VII and 47,000 at intensity VI, resulting in a reported 1 fatality. Recent earthquakes in this area have caused, landslides and liquefaction that may have contributed to losses.”
Felt it in Red Bluff, just one quick jolt.
i was taking a nap IN REDDING ca. & was woke up by the shaking of the earthquake at 12:20pm
Felt it in Santa Cruz, tiny shaking, enough to get me to look up where the quake was. Boy was I surprised.
I live in Grass Valley, CA which is on Highway 49 just off Highway 80 between Sacramento and Reno. There were two of us in the house at the time of the earthquake. We first felt a low-level rolling that lasted under 10 seconds, after maybe a minute there was another similar rolling, then another maybe a minute after the second one. We were definately sure it was an earthquake but weren’t sure if it was three short ones or one long one with two sections that were of low enough magnitude to not be felt by us.
It was of enough strength to fill us with fear. Having been in the Northidge Quake and the Loma Prieta Quake it didn’t take much! Please feel free to contact me if you need any other information although I think I have given you everything.
Thanks for the great job you are doing.