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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, putting at a depth of about 19 miles, the US Geological Survey (USGS) stated. It was centered about 30 miles south of Eureka and 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell, the USGS stated.
A 6.4 earthquake additionally shook the realm, about 125 miles south of the Oregon border, on December 20, leading to two deaths.
Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes stated the December quake additionally left 27 of the city’s properties red-tagged – which means they had been unsafe resulting from injury – and 73 properties yellow-tagged. A few of the buildings had been additional broken Sunday and should must be torn down, she stated.
“We’re sort of beginning over – we had moved from our response to restoration, and now we’re principally in each,” Garnes advised CNN’s Pamela Brown Sunday. “We’ve got to be again in response as a result of the southern finish of city actually took it arduous this time.”
Garnes stated Sunday’s quake shook her home.
“It was loopy. The earthquake felt extra violent this time,” Garnes advised CNN. “It was shorter, however extra violent. My fridge moved two toes. Issues got here out of the fridge. There’s a crack in my wall from the violence of it.”
Garnes stated a neighbor’s home additionally had a crack within the wall from the quake.
The mayor stated 30% of the city’s water is shut down and the city misplaced “pockets” of energy. There’s a 35-foot crack in one of many city’s primary roads, she stated.
However the mayor stated there was a “super response from the neighborhood,” within the type of state and native businesses in addition to support from neighboring cities.
“Actually everyone seems to be making an attempt their finest to assist us get by means of this,” Garnes stated.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a press release that Sunday’s quake had minimize energy to an estimated 50% of Rio Dell’s residents. It stated the Pink Cross had opened an in a single day shelter for quake-impacted residents.
The Workplace of the California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that it was monitoring the quake’s affect.
“Keep protected – verify gasoline and water traces for damages or leaks, put together for aftershocks, and keep in mind to drop, cowl, and maintain on,” the workplace stated in a tweet.