Washington state officials urged Seattleites to be prepared for a tsunami, even though the last known earthquake on the Seattle Fault occurred about 1,100 years ago.
SEATTLE — A Tsunami Warning that briefly affected parts of southern Oregon and Northern California on Thursday led to a spike in searches for “tsunami” in western Washington.
The warning, which was lifted minutes later, was prompted by a 7.0 earthquake that struck off the coast of Humboldt County, California around 10:45 a.m.
In response to the earthquake, a Tsunami Warning was issued for the Oregon coast south of Florence, extending down to Santa Cruz, California. However, no
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