One home was damaged by a structure fire due to a severe gas line break contained to a small area inside. That number could rise to around 150 people, he said, depending on city and county fire inspectors’ door-to-door canvass for assessment of damage to homes, some of which may not be readily apparent. Wilson added that 15 buildings have been declared uninhabitable, with at least 10 to 15 more likely, and between 45 to 50 people initially displaced and unable to return to homes. Shane Wilson, chief of Rio Dell’s fire department, said that one of the deaths Tuesday appeared to have been caused by a heart attack just after the earthquake. Here’s what to include in an earthquake emergency kit to prepare for the Big One County officials said the utility sent a memo to them saying that power may be restored by the end of Tuesday, though a PG&E statement said that a damage assessment could take days. The quake knocked out power to 71,850 customers, according to Pacific Gas & Electric. State officials said earlier Tuesday that many injuries appeared to be minor and moderate across the quake zone. The sheriff’s office also said 11 people had been injured, with one person suffering a broken hip from a fall and another sustaining a head injury, though the severity of others’ injuries was not immediately clear. No further details were released about where those people died, or the circumstances of their deaths. Two people, a 72-year-old and an 83-year-old, died “as a result of medical emergencies occurring during and/or just following the earthquake,” the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced around midday Tuesday.

Damage from an earthquake in Rio Dell, Tuesday, Dec. The hardest hit area appeared to be around the town of Rio Dell, though damage was reported in several surrounding towns, including in Fortuna and Eureka, state and local officials said late Tuesday morning. on Tuesday with the epicenter reported to be just offshore of Humboldt County - sending shockwaves that were felt as far away as Redding to the east and the Bay Area to the south. FERNDALE - A large earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted the Northern California coastline near Eureka on Tuesday morning, causing violent shaking that pushed some homes from their foundations and power outages affecting tens of thousands of people.

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