A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake hit off the coast of a sparsely populated area of northern California on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later canceled.
No deaths or injuries were reported. There were no reports of major damage, though authorities said they needed time to check across the impacted area.
The National Weather Service said that the tsunami warning that extended along 500 miles (800 km) of the California and Oregon coasts was called off about 90 minutes after the earthquake struck at 10:44 am Pacific Time (1:44 pm ET/1844 GMT).
The quake, which hit at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), was centered about 39 miles (63 km) west of the town of Ferndale, a sparsely populated portion of the northern California coast, the US Geological Survey said.
A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake hit off the coast of a sparsely populated area of northern California on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later canceled.
No deaths or injuries were reported. There were no reports of major damage, though authorities said they needed time to check across the impacted area.
The National Weather Service said that the tsunami warning that extended along 500 miles (800 km) of the California and Oregon coasts was called off about 90 minutes after the earthquake struck at 10:44 am Pacific Time (1:44 pm ET/1844 GMT).
The quake, which hit at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), was centered about 39 miles (63 km) west of the town of Ferndale, a sparsely populated portion of the northern California coast, the US Geological Survey said.
