Olivia Cobian, the innkeeper at the Gingerbread Mansion Inn in Ferndale, said the inside of the inn now “looks like a warzone”.
“We have huge cast iron fireplaces that have been lifted up and moved over, everything’s fallen over, broken”.
More than 10,000 people have been without power in Humboldt County since the earthquake struck, according to poweroutage.us.
Multiple aftershocks have also been reported since the initial earthquake, which struck around 10:44 local time (18:44 GMT).
Some areas, including the city of Berkeley in northern California, issued an evacuation order due to the threat of a possible tsunami.
“EVACUATE NOW,” an X post from the city warned. “People in the Tsunami Zone are in IMMEDIATE DANGER and MUST EVACUATE NOW. Stay east of 7th St. This is a lawful order to leave now.”
Kayla Aihara was staying at a hotel in Half Moon Bay, California and got the back-to-back alerts about the earthquake and potential tsunami.
Before the tsunami warning was cancelled, workers at the hotel had told her to vacate a gym and go to higher ground out of fear of the tsunami’s impacts.
Some vacated outside and she said multiple people crowded near the shoreline of the Pacific Coast hotel, watching the waves and waiting to see any hints of a tsunami.
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