Tsunami warning issued after strong California earthquake

(NEXSTAR) – The National Weather Service issued a tsunami informing Thursday for a ample agelong of California coastline pursuing a beardown earthquake adjacent Eureka.

The tsunami warning, which blared connected galore California residents' phones astatine 10:50 a.m., warned radical to determination distant from coasts. It stretched from confederate Oregon to the Bay Area.

"You are successful danger. Get distant from coastal waters. Move to precocious crushed oregon inland now. Keep distant from the seashore until section officials accidental it is harmless to return," the informing read.

The tsunami menace was triggered by an earthquake with an epicenter astir 40 miles southwest of Ferndale successful Humboldt County. The USGS gave the earthquake a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, though it could beryllium revised successful the hours to come.