6.5-magnitude earthquake reported off coast of California

The quake’s epicentre is reported to have been located approximately 165 kilometres west of California

8 December 2016, 4:52pm
by Yannick Pace

The earthquake's epicentre was 160Km west of Ferndale, California

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale was reported off the coast of Ferndale, California.

Officials have said that there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning has been issued.

The quake was originally reported as having a 6.9 magnitude, however this was revised to 6.5 shortly after.

Yannick Pace was a MaltaToday reporter between 2016-2020