Though the magnitude 7.0 quake was not large enough to be considered 'The Big One,' it was enough to produce a dangerous tsunami, Snider told the LA Times. But because there's no way to predict ...
Scenes of destruction are pouring in from Peru, as abnormally large surf – with some reports calling the waves “13-foot” and ...
“We’re glad it didn’t.” The conditions could have produced a dangerous tsunami, but there’s no way to predict such an event accurately ahead of time, Snider said. So his team errs on the ...
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Coastal areas in Northern California began evacuating residents after a 7.0 earthquake off Humboldt County's coast prompted a tsunami warning. Luckily, the worst didn't play out. But emergency ...
But as his team continued to analyze the impact of the quake, it led them to believe that a dangerous tsunami would not strike California. "For the U.S. West Coast, this is tricky stuff," Snider said.
Others were left confused. But officials say that they followed the correct protocol to respond to a potentially dangerous tsunami and that it was necessary to provide residents adequate time to ...