Earthquake in California kills 2, injures 11

After a massive 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California's Eureka area, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said that Two people were killed and 11 others injured. There were also reports of damage to houses and buildings while tens of thousands were left without electricity.

As per the USGS, on Tuesday, the quake's epicenter, which struck at 2.34 a.m.as in the Pacific about 15 miles from Fortuna, a city of about 12,000 people in Humboldt County, reports CNN.

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said the 2 deaths occurred "as a result of medical emergencies" during and after the earthquake.

The USGS said over a dozen aftershocks, some measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, were recorded after the initial massive quake.

Over 70,000 electricity outages were reported in Humboldt County, out of a total of 99,000 customers, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us. Tuesday's temblor came a year after a 6.2-magnitude quake struck just off Humboldt County's Cape Mendocino on December 20, 2021.