Date uploaded: 2022-12-21 02:55:27

At least two people died and 12 were injured after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Northern California early Tuesday, local authorities said. The temblor, which is the strongest earthquake the area has seen in years, also damaged infrastructure and cut off power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses around Humboldt County, about 250 miles north of San Francisco. The Humboldt County Sheriff's office said two people "died as a result of medical emergencies occurring during and/or just following the earthquake." Tuesday's fatalities mark the first deaths stemming from an earthquake in California since one person died in 2019 during a 7.1 magnitude quake that rocked the city of Ridgecrest in California's Northern Mojave Desert region. Visit the link in bio for more information. 📸: @AP