Given the size and location of Thursday’s earthquake, federal officials took a “better safe than sorry” approach ...
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the coast of Northern California Thursday, with the epicenter located in Humboldt County.
Tsunami warnings are not uncommon in Califoria, where warning sirens and signs are in place to notify coastal residents that ...
That information also goes to America’s two NOAA tsunami warning centers, in Alaska and Honolulu. Officials there have computer models that help predict tsunami risk. Earthquakes on subduction ...
It was felt as far south as San Francisco, where residents felt a rolling motion for several seconds. It was followed by ...
How rare are Tsunami warnings in the mainland United States? Tsunami warnings are far more common in areas of central America and Asia, although the United States and its territories do sometimes ...