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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Julia Musto,Io Dodds and Josh Marcus

California earthquake updates: ‘Scary’ tremors rattled West Coast as tsunami warnings panicked residents

Northern California was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake late Thursday morning.

After the tremor struck at 10:45 a.m., just over 60 miles to the west-southwest of Humboldt County’s Ferndale, a tsunami warning was issued for a wide swath of the West Coast. The warning extended from Oregon to central California, and at least 5.3 million people in California were affected.

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