7.0 Mag Earthquake off California Coast

[Essan]

No reports of serious damage on land as yet, but a tsunami warning has been issued

https://news.sky.com/story/tsunami-warning-after-7-0-magnitude-earthquake-hits-california-13267630

Edited December 5, 2024 by Essan

[docyabut2]

Tsunami warnings triggered in California and Oregon after 7.0-magnitude earthquake

https://www.msn.com/en-us/channel/source/NBC News/sr-vid-rqasy2t3p7hx5ewg6d2wg2jc4v95nkb90qma3r5t8j8adka06cya?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=d0774303dc6d437e9e44dded5dfdf761&ei=25

[+susieice]

Just seeing reports about this. It happened about an hour or so ago. I looked but no reports of damage or injuries yet. The tsunami warning is out for northern California and Oregon until further notice.

7.0 magnitude earthquake reported in Northern California, tsunami warning in effect

CNN has pictures of what I assume may be damages.

7.0-magnitude earthquake rattles Northern California | CNN

[+susieice]

CNN is now doing live updates and says the tsunami warning has been cancelled.

Live updates: Powerful earthquake shakes Northern California | CNN

NBC says there is damage but no casualties reported. These are live updates too.

Earthquake live updates: 7.0-magnitude quake rattles West Coast, tsunami warning canceled for California and Oregon

[docyabut2]

Gosh it sounds likes to me a big earthquake could hit the California? 

[Doc Socks Junior]

Yeah, strike-slip solution on the transform fault. Not too tsunamigenic. Better safe than sorry, however. Pretty sizeable.

There was some initial shuffling of depths / locations / focal mechanisms that appears to be sorted out now.

[Guyver]

8 hours ago, Essan said:

No reports of serious damage on land as yet, but a tsunami warning has been issued

https://news.sky.com/story/tsunami-warning-after-7-0-magnitude-earthquake-hits-california-13267630

7.0 is a strong quake.  Glad the tsunami petered out.

[+susieice]

Aftershocks are ongoing after a major earthquake struck off California's coast. They could get big.

The USGS website reported more than 35 smaller quakes across that area over the ensuing three hours, of magnitudes ranging from 2.5 to 4.7, including two quakes that occurred inland.

"There's been quite a lot of aftershocks," Harold Tobin, Washington's state seismologist and the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, told Business Insider.

As of Thursday afternoon, the USGS forecasts up to 130 aftershocks with a magnitude of 3 or higher within the next week, and a 53% chance of aftershocks larger than magnitude 5.

"It's perfectly plausible that there could be a larger aftershock or more than one larger aftershock," Tobin said.

The USGS estimates the odds are 1 in 100 of an aftershock with a magnitude of 7 or greater.