Major earthquake near California forces millions to prepare for incoming tsunami
Strong undersea earthquake hits off Northern California today causing wide-scale tsunami warnings. About 5 million people in California and Oregon need to be ready for possible waves reaching coast by noon
A big earth-shake measuring 7.0 struck off-shore Northern California today causing quick-action tsunami warnings. The shake-up happened near Ferndale town (about 40 miles from coast) at shallow depth
Emergency teams warned almost 5 million people living in areas from Dunes City Oregon down to San-Francisco about possible big waves. The ocean-surge its expected to reach California shores around noon pacific-time; officials dont want to take any chances
The Berkeley police made some folks move away from low-lying areas near San-Francisco Bay (where many people live and work). In Humboldt County about 19k homes lost power right after ground-shaking
- Dunes City to San-Francisco warning zone spans 400 miles
- Quake center was 6 miles deep under ocean
- Bay Area residents need to watch out
State leader Gavin Newsom jumped into action meeting with emergency-management folks to check on peoples safety. The whole San-Francisco Bay area needs to be careful: tsunami warnings cover this busy region with its bridges piers and water-front spots
