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Emergency officials with Humboldt Bay Fire initially received reports of a 6.0 earthquake at 10:44 a.m. about 45 miles southwest of Eureka, but that was upgraded to a 7.0 shortly after. The ...
A large, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County in Northern California on Thursday morning, prompting a tsunami warning for part of the North Coast. The warning was later ...
The earthquake occurred at 10:44 a.m. with an epicenter under the Pacific Ocean, about 70 miles southwest of Eureka and 110 miles northwest of Mendocino.
On March 28, 1964, a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake in Alaska smashed into Crescent City hours later. Much of the business district was leveled and a dozen people were killed. More recently, a tsunami from a 2011 earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the California coast, much of it in Crescent City. _____
Tsunami warning canceled after 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off California coast December 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM Shake map shows areas south of Eureka, California experienced the most shaking.
The epicenter of Thursday's 7.0 magnitude shaker occurred in what’s known as California’s “earthquake country” because it’s where three tectonic plates meet. The temblor was the most powerful to rattle the state since a 7.1-magnitude quake hit Ridgecrest in 2019.
The 1954 Eureka earthquake occurred at 11:56 am on December 21, just east of Eureka and Arcata, California in the United States. The unknown type shock had a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Buildings swayed, windows were broken, and the Humboldt County Courthouse collapsed.
The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes.