Earthquake of the strength 7.0 before California: Tsunami warning activated!

Earthquake of the strength 7.0 before California: Tsunami warning activated!

Ferndale, Kalifornien, USA - A heavy earthquake of the strength 7.0 shook the coast of northern California on Thursday morning, which resulted in a far-reaching tsunami warning. The quake occurred at 10:44 a.m. local time in the Pacific, about 160 kilometers west of the city of Ferndale and 40 miles from the Unincorporated Community Petrolia, as the US Geological Survey confirmed. The warning concerns the entire coastline of Florence, Oregon, to Davenport, California, and asks the residents to immediately go to higher terrain. The effects of the quake were felt to San Francisco, where people gathered in the streets and reported on every earthquake and the impending danger, such as Newsweek reported.

tsunami warnings and evacuations

The National Weather Service warned that Tsunami warnings signal that a dangerous tidal wave may already be on the way or could occur. This warning concerns large parts of the California coast and also the coasts of Oregon. In the event of a tsunami wave, it was pointed out that the first waves are not always the greatest, which underlines the risk of the situation. In Fort Mason, San Francisco, a crowd that was waiting for the first sign of a possible wave, while the San Francisco zoo evacuated its visitors and brought the animals to higher locations, like Today.

In response to the emergency, the city of Berkeley ordered an evacuation and asked the residents to visit the eastern part of the city, while California's governor Gavin Newsom called the emergency. The Bart-Bahn also stopped operating via the underwater tunnel between San Francisco and Oakland as a precaution. So far, no serious injuries or damage has been reported, but this is an extraordinary situation, since only about a dozen earthquakes with a strength of 7.0 or more have been registered in California since 1857. The reporting on this topic is continuously updated.