MENDOCINO CO., 6/24/26 — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Mendocino County on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake was reported at 8:10 a.m. Wednesday about 7 miles north of Redwood Valley, USGS officials said.
The earthquake was about 5 miles in depth and there was a 2.5-magnitude aftershock several minutes later.
Earthquake alerts were sent to people as far away as the Bay Area because of the shaking, which lasted about 30 seconds. The quake was strong enough to cause pictures and objects to fall off walls and shelves in Redwood Valley.
Following the quake, outages left more than 4,000 customers across the county without power, according to PG&E. The utility’s outage map says power is expected to be restored by Wednesday afternoon.
The earthquake also caused the Mendocino County Superior Courthouse in Ukiah to pause proceedings and evacuate until the building could be inspected by county maintenance.
While waiting for the all-clear to return to the building, about two dozen courthouse workers gathered in Alex Thomas Plaza for about half an hour. After county maintenance came by and cleared the building at 9:30 a.m., the workers shuffled back into the courthouse, allowing work to resume.
Is Earthquake from San Andreas Fault originated?
Yes, it is partially responsible. Cape Mendocino faults, also played a part.
All these Ukiah downtown buildings should get inspected, especially if they have the non-compliance notices already posted on the buildings. Palace Hotel is the other suspect.
Now that the inch worm effect is wearing off all must prepare for the over due quakes that are going to hit. I sat in the atrarium and felt the ground shake for 5 min. No mention about that in the news. They are trying to his it due to fear of mass panic. The inch worm effect is the raising and lowering of San Joaquin water table. Pumped out in the summer relieves stress on the faults. The recharging during the winter creates the stress to continue. Soon this effect will wear out and the time will be soon. You know when it hits it’s going to be massive. All electricity is designed to go out. Fires will erupt with no defense. The 5 min. earth quake was caused by Little Chicago in Yellowstone. They didn’t warn us but kept it secret. That Volcano is doing more than their letting on. Beware of the stuff they tell us. That magna reservoir is filling right now. I know because I’m aware of the timing of eruptions. They are told to lie to us because the officials want that. Their lives are under threat. So go study it yourself as I’ve studied it.