"The shaking was really intense," said Daniel Holsapple, 33, a resident of nearby Arcata, who recounted grabbing his pet cat and running outside after he was jostled awake in pitch darkness by the motion of the house and by an emergency alert from his cellphone. The California Highway Patrol also said the roadway foundation there was at risk of sliding.Īuthorities reported at least four Humboldt County roads shut down due to earthquake damage. Police closed a bridge over the Eel River just outside Ferndale, a picturesque town notable for its gingerbread-style Victorian storefronts and homes, after four large cracks were discovered in the span. Two of the most serious cases were a head injury and a broken hip, officials said. Most of the 12 survivors known to have sought medical care got themselves to hospitals and sustained relatively minor injuries, many from fallen objects. The two fatalities involved individuals, one aged 72, the other 83, who suffered medical emergencies that coincided with the quake, preventing rescue teams from reaching them in time to render life-saving care, said Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal.
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"The TV was coming down, the microwave, everything, like all my little knickknacks were crashing everywhere."įire officials said dispatchers fielded roughly 70 emergency calls after the quake.ĭetails of casualties were sketchy. "And it just kept shaking and shaking, and things were crashing," she recalled.
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