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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks Northern California, leaving tens of thousands without power
CBSN
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting people awake, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and tens of thousands were without power afterward.
No injuries were immediately reported following the earthquake, which occurred about 2:34 a.m. near Ferndale, a small community about 213 miles northwest of San Francisco.
Following the earthquake, more than 66,000 customers were reported to be without power in the surrounding area, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country.
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