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Centered under the Pacific Ocean about 70 miles southwest of Eureka, the strong quake frayed nerves across most of California's North Coast.
No destruction was reported from a tsunami warning issued on Thursday, Dec. 5, for residents of the Northern California area in the wake of a serious earthquake in the Pacific Ocean. "No tsunami ...
While earthquakes as large as 6.5 or below are very unlikely to trigger a tsunami and those between 6.5 and 7.5 do not usually produce destructive tsunamis, larger earthquakes could result in much ...
The 2010 Eureka earthquake occurred on January 9 at 4:27:38 pm PST offshore of Humboldt County, California, United States.The magnitude was measured 6.5 on the M w scale, and its epicenter was located offshore in the Pacific Ocean 33 miles (53 km) west of the nearest major city, Eureka.
The last time California received a warning alert was 2011 when an earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the California coast. Basically, a distant, offshore earthquake or other trigger event gives scientists more time to analyze data and confirm that a large tsunami was generated before sounding a warning.
Tsunami threat ends for Northern California, Oregon coasts ...
A magnitude 7 earthquake about 30 miles off the Humboldt County shoreline prompted a highly unusual tsunami warning for a wide swath of the Northern California coast Thursday, spurring widespread ...
The National Weather Service said that the tsunami warning that extended along 500 miles (800 km) of the California and Oregon coasts was called off about 90 minutes after the earthquake struck at ...