Towns along Northern California's coast were placed under a tsunami warning after the region was struck by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Thursday. Residents at lower elevations along the coast were advised to evacuate."In the aftermath of the shaking, the National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning, urging Californians to get away from coastal waters," reported SFGATE news.The stand-down was given about 45 minutes later..The tsunami warning extended from Davenport, California, around 10 miles northwest of Santa Cruz, to the Douglas–Lane county line in Oregon, roughly 10 miles southwest of Florence. "That was a ride!" said area resident Elisha Yager to the Western Standard. "I was in my truck, parked, but it felt like somebody jumping on a bed or shoving the sides of my cab."
Towns along Northern California's coast were placed under a tsunami warning after the region was struck by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Thursday. Residents at lower elevations along the coast were advised to evacuate."In the aftermath of the shaking, the National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning, urging Californians to get away from coastal waters," reported SFGATE news.The stand-down was given about 45 minutes later..The tsunami warning extended from Davenport, California, around 10 miles northwest of Santa Cruz, to the Douglas–Lane county line in Oregon, roughly 10 miles southwest of Florence. "That was a ride!" said area resident Elisha Yager to the Western Standard. "I was in my truck, parked, but it felt like somebody jumping on a bed or shoving the sides of my cab."
