thaes next. a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that we told you about earlier has shaken humboldt county, california. veronica, i know we were talking earlier about thousands without power because of this. what are you learning so far? reporter: yeah, we understand that as of now about 70% of humboldt county remains without power. that s about 70,000 people in the dark. as officials assess the damage. aftershocks continue from this very large earthquake near the coastal community of ferndale, but officials are saying there is no tsunami threat at this time. there are reports, however, of damage to roadways, debris on roadways, cracks on a large bridge that connects the community, fern bridge and the chp right now shutting down that bridge out of an abundance of caution as they assess the damage. we re hearing reports of damage to homes in the area in terms of what s happening inside, shelves knocked down, glassware, china broken as people wake up and assess the damage.
as we mentioned just on the other side david culver joining us from mexico. david, many of these migrants have traveled thousands of miles, they have spent weeks just to get to this point to cross the riser. what are they saying this morning? reporter: a lot of confusion, that s for sure, they saw what we saw playing out around 4:30 in the morning local time and that is this bolstering along the border. you heard ed mentioning the barbed wire going up, that s what we see across the rio grande here. you have national guards members in place, state troopers from the state of texas, also here. they are keeping people from what was a very easy crossing from going over. telling them instead go down to the bridge, the formal crossing. that s the only way you can get in. the question is what happens once you actually get over and you become processed by cbp? that really depends on who you ask.
there, folks get worried. veronica, san francisco not a place alien to fears of earthquakes. first of all, was it knelt there and what more do we know about the damage and the extent of this? reporter: well, jim and erica, not felt here in san francisco, however, there s a lot of communities in humboldt county dealing with the damage as they wake up this morning. the sheriff s office saying that people need to be prepared for aftershocks in that area and they re also asking people to check for gas and water line damage and asking people to be safe and cautious when traveling, partly because some of the roadways, there s debris on the roadways, also reports of a bridge that has been damaged, the fern bridge has been djd that s a connector there and they are assessing that as they look at the seismic issues. also reports of damages to people s homes, we re seeing videos of shelves knocked down, of china and glassware broken as people are waking up and