7.0 earthquake hits off Northern California coast, prompts tsunami warning
 

Something to keep an eye on

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n...county-eureka/


HUMBOLDT COUNTY – A large earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County on Thursday morning, prompting a tsunami warning for part of the North Coast.

According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck around 10:44 a.m., west of Petrolia, California in the Pacific Ocean. A Tsunami Warning was issued for 45 miles southwest of Eureka shortly after.

The Tsunami Warning expired around noon, according to the NOAA U.S. Tsunami Warning System.
<figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium">https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hu...54b3de830df72# <figcaption class="embed__caption-container">Shake map provided by the US Geological Survey of the earthquake. USGS </figcaption></figure>The earthquake was first preliminarily registered as having a magnitude of 6.6, but USGS updated it a 7.0.

A significant apparent aftershock that registered as a 5.8-magnitude quake hit minutes later near Cobb, California in Lake County, according to the USGS.

Several other apparent aftershocks were also recorded minutes after the 7.0, all registering between 2.5 to 4.2 magnitude.

Residents up and down the Northern California coast, as well as into the Central Valley, reported feeling shaking.


Tsunami evacuation orders

Coastal residents along the north coast were being told to move to higher ground due to the tsunami warning.

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said residents in coastal areas in the tsunami zone need to evacuate immediately.

San Mateo County authorities noted that the tsunami warning extends to their area. People are being urged to avoid the beaches and coastlines, with the arrival of the tsunami expected at 12:10 p.m.

Bay Area Rapid Transit service through the Transbay Tube has been halted due to the large earthquake. It's unclear when service will reopen.


Emergency operations center activated

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office says he has been briefed on the earthquake and tsunami warning.

Looks like old news. This is why I don't start many threads.

EUREKA!!!!

Family member said "it seemed to last forever". People in Humboldt are used to this already. Had a major earthquake there last year and my buddies chimney collapsed. I can't recall a Tsunami ever happening it that area but you never know if one could strike.

Learn to swim, learn to swim, learn to swim, learn to swim...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The tsunami Warning is canceled for the coastal areas of California and Oregon. No tsunami danger presently exists for this area. This will be the final U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center message for this event. Refer to <a href="https://t.co/npoUHxX900">https://t.co/npoUHxX900</a> for more information.</p>&mdash; NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWS_NTWC/status/1864761274007240888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The area around Petrolia is beautiful, windy and empty.

Was just Bieniemy chewing some ass after being let go today

I'm pretty far inland in Denver, but I went to high ground just to be safe. In this case, the high ground was my house.

I don't think I would enjoy being in an earthquake. There are some things that aren't supposed to shake, and the ground is one of them.

I thought I was getting an amber alert cause my phone went off like a fire alarm, as did everyone else's at the office. I checked it and was surprised to see "earthquake in progress. Take cover now" as the message.

Didn't even need to finish my coffee to get the fear up after that.

Better head to the attic and get in the fetal position just to be safe.

Sure it wasn't Bieniemy making waves again?

It looks like my plan worked, but I still might go out to amazon and buy an inflatable lifeboat, just in case.

The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any ****ing time, any ****ing day

Has this piece of shit fallen into the ocean yet?

This tsunami live close to you?

Have you guys ever been to that part of California?