on Thursday 5 December, 2024
Earthquake strikes California, tsunami warning issued
A surfer catches a wave in Manhattan Beach, California, on January 15, 2022. The US National Weather Service issued tsunami advisories for the entire west coast of the United States following a massive volcanic eruption across the Pacific Ocean in Tonga.
A magnitude 7 earthquake hit off the northern California coast on Thursday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large stretch of the California and Oregon coasts, officials said.
The quake, which hit at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), was centered about 39 miles (63 km) west of the town of Ferndale, a sparsely populated portion of the northern California coast, the US Geological Survey said.
The National Tsunami Center issued a warning for a long stretch of the US West Coast, from Dunes City, Oregon, south to San Francisco and San Jose, California, 400 miles (643 km) away.
San Francisco and a large area of the surrounding Bay Area were under the tsunami warning.
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