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Witness location : Ferndale (USA) (14 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Pretty horrifying, not knowing if it’d actually stop after a full minute. Could feel the entire house shaking significantly - whole structure rocked back & forth - underneath my body, while crawling on my knees to try to get to a reasonably safe spot. First aftershock just hit now too (2:53 am)

Witness location : Ferndale (USA) (15 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Horrible

Witness location : Ferndale (USA) (15 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 186 min

Nothing really

Witness location : Loleta (USA) (19 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 702 min

Lots of broken glass, pictures, lamps & ornaments. Kitchen a mess with many cans on the floor & broken splattered sauce jars.

Witness location : Loleta (USA) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

Scary long and big

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (27 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

top heavy items fell. electric toothbrush from its charging stand. desk lamp. unsecured bathroom vanity mirror.lost power.

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (31 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Pretty good one! Things fell down, all the cupboards opened

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (32 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

Very. Strong shook hard broke a lot of dishes

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (33 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 333 min

It was really scary. It felt like it lasted for so long. Me and my roommate live in a, I’m assuming, very much not earthquake safe apartment complex. My TV is broken, many dishes broken, things tossed across the room. Our power went out in the middle of the quake. We got our cat in crates and waited outside for an hour before coming back outside. Our down stairs neighbors said there was cracking in their kitchen ceiling. We haven’t notice any cracking in our apartment. We also couldn’t find any emergency radio channels.

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (34 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17817 min

Very violent. Everything shook hard, many things broken. Walls cracked, foundation slipped, posts slipped and cracked, lost power. NO FUN

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (34 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Strong shaking fo 2 sec. No injuries. Lots of things fell out of cabinets and shelves

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (34 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1189 min

Nothing left on the walls or in cabinets. I live on the peninsula. Sand didn't dampen this one at all. Powerlines down. Shaking for about 5 seconds the the house lurched to one side really hard. Reminded me of how the 89 quake is SC but not nearly as long.

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (35 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Staying at an old Victorian inn in Eureka, CA. Strong shaking that lasted over a minute but nothing fell off shelves.

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (35 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Eureka CA

Witness location : Eureka (USA) (37 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22623 min

I was quickly woken out of bed to large almost bumpy shaking stuff from countertops fell to the floor, kitchen cabinets came open stuff falling out.

Witness location : Arcata (USA) (39 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2655 min

Definitely scary, keep heating a lot of people saying they have lived here for 40 plus years and never felt one like that before. I just moved here and live in Manila, woke up the the alarm on my phone then the violent shaking started. I thought my house was going to come off the foundation. Lots of broken glass but that’s it .

Witness location : Arcata (USA) (45 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

woke up to the bed rocking violently and the cat freaking out and felt like the apartment might honestly collapse on us

Witness location : Arcata (USA) (45 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1172 min

Felt like violent shaking from side to side, as if someone was pushing my bed or trying to throw me out of bed. I was asleep but woke up immediately due to the shaking and the alert on my phone. I jumped out of bed and took cover under my desk. The cats immediately hid under the bed. An aftershock occurred a few seconds after this one ended, which felt more rolling than this quake. The power went out during the aftershock and stayed out for approximately 17 hours.

Witness location : Arcata (USA) (45 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1816 min

Woke feeling a rumbling and hearing a loud and low rumble. Got out of my loft bed and walked to my window (about 4 feet away) to see lights flickering and flashing while house was shaking (I’m on second floor) grabbed my cat from my bed while still feeling the shaking, it stopped around about as soon as I picked up my cat. Many books knocked down and some loose items from shelves fell. Minimal glass since we have carpet.

Witness location : McKinleyville (USA) (50 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2006 min

Rude awakening to a Mary Poppins kinda experience with cupboards and doors flying..one broken wine glass. Chandelier was swinging for a LONG time.

Witness location : McKinleyville (USA) (50 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 156 min

In McKinleyville

Witness location : Mckinleyville (USA) (50 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 57 min

Through stuff all around out of China cabinet broke things but no known structural damage seen yet.. will check more in morning... power went out all over...knocked my son down in Blue lake.. were in Fieldbrook, Glendale area of Humboldt county...

Witness location : Miranda (USA) (62 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1704 min

Knew it was a 6 or 7. Experienced quakes in ‘92.

Witness location : Garberville (USA) (74 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Woke up to the house rattling and bed shaking. Lasted for 15-20 seconds. No damage but power went out shortly after it stopped. Dogs and the cat were very nervous.

Witness location : Somes Bar (USA) (121 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Woke me up. The bed definitely had a rolling effect, and the trailer wall was slightly creaking.

Witness location : Weaverville (USA) (127 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

the system sent out a cell phone announcement, which woke me from a deep sleep.  there was a tiny amount of shaking for a moment.

Witness location : Weaverville (USA) (128 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Woke us up

Witness location : Caspar (USA) (141 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 289 min

Long constant rocking in Mendocino