At least I live on the tenth floor

Pulling into the apartment building listening to Jet on the radio, suddenly all the radio stations are taken over with a long and serious anouncement for a Tsunami warning applying to the whole Californian coast! Apparently there has been an earthquake of 7.4 off the coast close by. Scary man. Didn't see any waves tho.

Made the Age!

Major quake sparks California tsunami fears

San Fransisco
June 15, 2005 - 3:05PM

Map: Nathaneal Scott

Web links

• US Geological Survey

US officials briefly issued a tsunami warning today following a major earthquake off the northern California coast before saying the immediate danger had passed.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

A major 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit at 7.50pm local time (12.50pm AEST) 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,'' said California Emergency Services spokesman Eric Lamoureux