Calif. Post-Quake Tsunami Warning Canceled

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A major earthquake struck about 80 miles off the coast of Northern California on Tuesday night, briefly prompting a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast.

The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at about 7:50 p.m. about 90 miles west southwest of the coastal community of Crescent City and 300 miles northwest of San Francisco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site.

A tsunami warning was briefly in effect from the California-Mexico border all the way north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but was called off about an hour after the quake hit.

Crescent City was the site of the only known tsunami to kill people in the continental United States. Eleven people died and 29 city blocks were washed away when a tsunami hit Crescent City in 1964.

Witnesses felt buildings shaking along the California coast but there were no immediate reports of damage

[Angel_Mapper]

Whew. Close one.

[Superchaz]

Lol, i have to laugh at this one. On the news i see this group of about three women on the coast sort of "power walking" from the shore. Imagine how people walk when they gotta pee really bad,.. you know.. that sort of half running, half walking thing.