‘That was a big one’: 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles northern California

No injuries were immediately reported after tremor north-west of San Francisco, but it was the largest in recent memory

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of northern California early Tuesday, jolting people awake, damaging buildings and roads and leaving thousands without power.

Centered just southwest of the town of Ferndale in Humboldt county, a small community near the coast about 213 miles (343km) north-west of San Francisco, the quake took place in area where tremors aren’t uncommon. But locals called it the largest in recent memory.