A magnitude 7 earthquake hit the US state of California this Thursday (5), forcing the United States government to issue a tsunami warning for San Francisco Bay. The warning was canceled an hour later and authorities said there was no longer a risk of a tsunami in California.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km and had its epicenter about 63 km west of the city of Ferndale, a sparsely populated part of the northern California coast, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The U.S. National Tsunami Center issued a warning for a long stretch of the country’s West Coast, from Dunes City, Oregon, to San Francisco and San Jose, California, 400 miles away to the south.
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San Francisco and a large area of the San Francisco Bay were under a tsunami warning.
The City of Berkeley Police Department has issued an evacuation order for parts of the city on the San Francisco Bay Area “due to a tsunami approaching West Berkeley,” according to an alert sent to residents.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office wrote on social media that the governor “is now meeting with state emergency officials and working to ensure Californians are safe.”
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(com Reuters)
