Several earthquakes struck Northern California Thursday, including a magnitude-7.0 offshore in the Pacific Ocean at 10:44 a.m. PT that triggered a tsunami warning along coastal areas from Santa ...
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Northern California Thursday will continue ... In recent years, the fault area has experienced a similarly sized earthquakes, said DeLong.
The lateral movement between the Pacific and North American plates has created many fault lines, increasing the probability of earthquakes. This is even true in California, where the Puente Hills ...
And there was the catastrophic mega-tsunami of 1700, originating from a magnitude 9 earthquake over the Cascadia fault system, which runs offshore from Northern California to Vancouver Island for 700 ...
open image in gallery A map shows California’s tsunami hazard area ... told The Independent. “When earthquake faults slip, the surrounding Earth moves and deforms like the elastic in a ...