A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook a remote area of Northern California on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was about 140 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Many people in the area received a ShakeAlert notification, an earthquake warning system that serves over 50 million people in California, Oregon, and Washington. Fawnell Dale, a dispatch supervisor at the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, described the shaking as mild and said they haven’t received any reports of damage or injuries.
Earthquake Details
The initial quake was centered inland about 50 miles east of Fort Bragg at 8:10 a.m. local time, and the U.S. Geological Survey said it was about 5 miles deep. The area of Redwood Valley, California, about 6.9 miles south of the epicenter, was likely affected by the quake.
The earthquake was felt widely, including in the fishing city of Fort Bragg. The U.S. Geological Survey initially recorded the earthquake as a 6.0 magnitude but later updated it to a 5.6 magnitude.
Original reporting: WPBF (Treasure Coast / Hearst) — read the source article.
