Two people have died and thousands are still without power in Humboldt County, California, after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the area in the early morning of Dec. 20 causing widespread damage to property and roads in the area.
The temblor stuck about 7.5 miles from Ferndale, a small historic village on the northern coast about 130 miles from the Oregon border. Residents reported violent shaking that moved north to south, causing two businesses in the Victorian 19th Century historic downtown area to break and a nearby bridge to close.
Ferndale City Councilman Phillip Ostler told The Epoch Times he was in bed at his historic home built in 1875 when the quake struck at 2:34 a.m….