An earthquake has struck 6.2 miles west of Ferndale, California. Initially estimated as a magnitude 6.6 earthquake, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has since revised it to a magnitude 7. The U.S. National Tsunami Center issued a tsunami warning in response, but this has now been rescinded.
The canceled tsunami warning spanned a 400-mile stretch of the Western Seaboard, from the major Californian cities of San Francisco and San Jose all the way to Dunes City, Oregon.
Evacuation orders had been issued in multiple areas, and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, or BART, suspended traffic through the underwater tunnel connecting San Francisco and Oakland.
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 https://t.co/npoUHxX900 for more information.
— NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) December 5, 2024
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