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Tsunami warning cancelled after earthquake near California, Oregon
The U.S. National Weather Service has cancelled its tsunami warning for coastal areas of California and Oregon after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Thursday morning.
The quake happened just before 10:45 a.m., with an epicentre about 70 km southwest of Eureka, Calif. It was reportedly felt as far south as San Francisco, where residents felt a rolling motion for several seconds. It was followed by smaller aftershocks.
At least 5.3 million people in California were under a tsunami warning after the earthquake struck, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The NWS later revised the estimated magnitude of the earthquake from 7.3 to 7.0, and cancelled the tsunami warning.
The warning stretched north to Florence, Ore., which is south of Portland.
“No tsunami danger presently exists for this area. This will be the final U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center message for this event,” said the NWS Tsunami Alert social media page around noon.
Emergency Info BC says it has determined there is also no tsunami threat to B.C.
Throughout Northern California phones buzzed with a tsunami warning from the National Weather Service that said: “A series of powerful waves and strong currents may impact coasts near you. You are in danger. Get away from coastal waters. Move to high ground or inland now. Keep away from the coast until local officials say it is safe to return.”
At least 5.3 million people in California were under a tsunami warning after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a yellow alert, which predicts localized but minimal damage.
More than 1.3 million people lived close enough to the quake that they could have felt it, the USGS estimated.
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