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A tsunami warning affecting more than 5 million people has been lifted after a major earthquake rocked Northern California.. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the tremor, with a magnitude of 7.0 ...
The last tsunami warning in the San Francisco Bay Area followed a 9.1 earthquake in Tohoku, Japan that sparked a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011 ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, speaking at a news conference on Thursday, said it was the state’s protocol to issue tsunami warnings whenever an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 5.0 ...
A tsunami warning was issued for the coast from Davenport, California, to the border between Douglas and Lane counties in Oregon. The Tsunami Warning Center canceled the warning at about 11:55 a.m .
The first rudimentary system to alert communities of an impending tsunami was attempted in Hawaii in the 1920s. More advanced systems were developed in the wake of the April 1, 1946 (caused by the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake) and May 23, 1960 (caused by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake) tsunamis which caused massive devastation in Hilo, Hawaii.
The earthquake was reported at 10:44 a.m. local time, according to the National Tsunami Warning Center. There has been a "robust" aftershock sequence in its wake, Stephen DeLong, a geologist in ...
A tsunami warning was issued across Northern California on Thursday morning following a magnitude 7 earthquake. It's a reminder to prepare and know how to respond in case of such emergencies.
Read more:7.0 earthquake rattles Northern California, spurs anxiety before tsunami warning is canceled “There’s only two ways for us to know a tsunami is occurring: We have the deep ocean ...