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Greater than 14,000 clients stay with out energy Wednesday in Humboldt County, California, after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck, in keeping with poweroutage.us.

At the least two individuals died and roads and houses had been broken after the earthquake hit at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday in Northern California’s Eureka space.

The individuals who died, ages 72 and 83, had medical emergencies throughout or simply after the earthquake, and emergency providers couldn’t attain them in time, mentioned Humboldt County Sheriff William F. Honsal.

Most properties and companies in Humboldt County had been with out energy early Tuesday. Nearly 70,000 outages had been reported by 1 p.m.

Greater than three dozen smaller quakes struck afterward, the US Geological Survey mentioned.

Tuesday’s quake got here a 12 months after a 6.2 magnitude quake struck simply off Humboldt County’s Cape Mendocino on December 20, 2021, which prompted minor injury to buildings.