The city manager of Eureka, California, said there has not been significant damage reported there so far, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck off the coast near the northern city.
Miles Slattery told CNN there have not been any calls for broken gas lines or significant structural damage so far. He described the quake on Thursday as “long,” but not as “violent” as previous events, namely those with an epicenter on land.
The earthquake hit off the coast, about 60 miles southwest of Ferndale, California, the US Geological Survey said. Eureka is located about 19 miles north of Ferndale, and some 300 miles north of San Francisco.
Parts of the California and Oregon coast, including Eureka, were under a tsunami warning in the minutes following the powerful quake. The warning has since been canceled, but Slattery said part of the town was evacuated.
“We haven’t had time — because of the evacuation — to go out and do windshield surveys to assess damage. But based on the calls that we’ve received at our dispatch, we haven’t had anywhere near the structural damage that we had in the previous (earthquake),” Slattery said.
Some background: In December 2022, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Northern California’s Eureka area, the US Geological Survey said, leaving at least two people dead, drawing reports of damage to roads and homes, shaking residents from their sleep and leaving tens of thousands without electricity.
Less than two weeks later, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake occurred about 30 miles south of Eureka and was centered about 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell, the USGS said.
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