FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The earthquake and its aftershocks in Northern California were felt for hundreds of miles, even as far away as Fresno.

On Thursday, Action News obtained video of signs and lights being waved at the Whole Foods at Fig Garden Village in Fresno.

But closer to the epicenter, the quake forced evacuations and caused damage to some homes and businesses.

Thousands are now without power in Humboldt County and Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency.

There were reports of damage to businesses and homes.

Aftershocks were felt inland and along Highway 1 for hundreds of miles and across multiple county lines.

In Ferndale, products were thrown off the shelves, causing chaos and financial loss.

There are also reports of some homes losing their foundations in the Eel River Valley region.

And in the town of Rio Dell, south of Eureka, emergency crews are now discovering serious damage like this large crack in the road.

The video from Eureka shows a shaking Christmas tree and pets running to safety, likely confused as the ground moves beneath them.

A seismologist says this earthquake is one of about seven or eight of this magnitude or larger in the last hundred years.

He explained the movement of the earthquake…and why a tsunami warning was issued and then canceled.

“This earthquake is an impact of the cascading obduction zone. The Juan de Fuca plates are sliding forward toward a future large earthquake, but there is also a very small chance of producing a tsunami because the blocks are moving side by side instead of up and down, and that is how they are. “The up and down motion that creates water movements for a tsunami,” said seismologist Chris Goldfinger.

He also explains that sea level change could have some impact, but more research is needed to confirm this.

Goldfinger says it wouldn’t be surprising to see an earthquake similar to this one in Southern California in the future.

“The San Andreas Fault is a culprit that everyone knows about; their southern and northern halves appear to function independently,” Goldfinger explained.

“The southern half may be a little overdue, the northern half, which is a little bit affected by this earthquake, is probably not overdue yet as we have the 1906 earthquake a little over 100 years ago and the average recurrence time for them may be But the southern portion in the LA area is definitely considered due or overdue by most people.

So far there are no reports of any injuries from this earthquake.

You may remember a magnitude 6.4 earthquake two years ago in Humboldt County that was fatal.

Two people were killed and 17 others were injured.

The quake damaged roads and buildings and left almost 70,000 people without power.

Fortunately, today’s earthquake occurred further offshore than the one in 2022.

President Biden has been briefed on this latest quake.

The White House says FEMA resources are available to both California and Oregon if needed.

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