Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of Northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7 ...

Languages: English. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the northern California coast near the town of Ferndale on Thursday morning, causing temporary tsunami warnings in California and Oregon.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake ruptured off California at about 10:45 a.m. PT Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake triggered a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern ...

Residents evacuating the earthquake in California were caught in long lines of traffic. Millions in the San Francisco Bay Area had been placed under a tsunami warning after the 7.0 quake and many ...

The warning applied to 5.3 million people in California, according to the Associated Press, although not all received it — and many who did were shocked into disbelief. A tsunami here?

So initially, Snider said, there was no confirmation a tsunami was headed for the West Coast, but all the ingredients for one were present. The earthquake’s proximity to the California coast ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entire California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be? A single tsunami likely won't cause the worst-case scenario for every region. But in total ...