The earthquake, a magnitude-7.0 temblor, rumbled at around 10:44am, about 42 miles west of Ferndale, California, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Traffic was really thick on the highway and through Eureka's side streets. It was a good drill for The Big One. This was not The Big One.
Humboldt County, the community on land closest to the epicenter, reported no injuries or fatalities so far, but county officials reported broken water mains, broken windows and houses off their foundation.
Harold Tobin, the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, told media that the 7.0-magnitude temblor was a strike-slip earthquake. Strike-slip earthquakes take place when two plates slide past one another.
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