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US tsunami warning called off
news.com.au ^
| 15 June 2005
Posted on 06/14/2005 10:02:00 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
US officials briefly issued a tsunami warning after a big earthquake off the northern California coast before saying the immediate danger had passed.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit at 7.50pm local time (1250 AEST today) 146km west of Crescent City, California, a rugged coastal community hit by a deadly tsunami in 1964.
Emergency officials initially issued a warning that a tsunami could hit anywhere from California up to Canada, but then lifted that warning.
The risk of a tsunami hitting at this point is gone," California Emergency Services spokesman Eric Lamoureux said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: California
KEYWORDS: earthquake; tsunami; tsunamiwarning
To: Aussie Dasher
Here's the
To: Aussie Dasher
Here's the
USGS map based on first-hand reports from people describing what they felt. It's surprising how weakly this was felt given the magnitude.
To: Aussie Dasher
![](http://www.spudstravels.com/Travel%20Archive/North%20America/USA/California/California%20Images/Surfs_up_at_Huntington_Beach.JPG)
Just waitin' fer waves man...jus' waitin' fer waves...
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posted on
06/14/2005 10:11:02 PM PDT
by
Khurkris
(I need a new tagline..let me work on it a while.)
To: Khurkris
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posted on
06/14/2005 10:15:58 PM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
06/14/2005 10:27:55 PM PDT
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: Lokibob
I'm no map reader but that don't look good...
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posted on
06/14/2005 10:30:19 PM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Khurkris
Looks like one of the Mr.Men characters on acid.
Mr.Happy Surf perhaps ?
To: Aussie Dasher
I watch this seismograph in Utah that seems pretty sensitive to earthquakes all over the world. It shakes pretty much if there is a 6.0 or higher any place.
We are probably 400-600 miles from the center of this one, so it isn't suprising it loks so big.
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posted on
06/14/2005 10:34:49 PM PDT
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: Khurkris
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posted on
06/14/2005 10:35:23 PM PDT
by
FeeinTennessee
(Visit me @ peoplepolitical.org & therant.us --Fee)
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