The epicentre was 165km west of Ferndale, California, at a shallow depth of 10km ((6.2 miles) below sea level.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
Earlier reports from the USGS said the earthquake was a magnitude 6.8
Two quakes of more than 4.0-magnitude have shaken California in the last week.
California’s
northern coast sits along the Mendocino Triple Junction, where the
Pacific, North American and Juan de Fuca tectonic plates collide.
Seismologist Lucy Jones said the earthquake was on the Pacific-Gorda plate on the end of the San Andreas Fault.

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