A tsunami warning was temporarily issued for the coasts of northern California and southern Oregon on Thursday morning after an earthquake erupted off the coast of California.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck at around 10:44 a.m., 62 miles west of Ferndale, California.
The coast between Davenport, California, and the Oregon border between Douglas and Lane counties was under a tsunami warning.
Around 11:55 a.m., the Tsunami alert Center discontinued the alert. Michelle Bushnell, the district 2 supervisor for Humboldt County.
Told NBC News that no one was hurt or killed in the county that is located closest to the epicenter. However, she claimed to have heard of homes that had been pulled off their foundations, damaged windows, and broken water mains.
According to state senator Mike McGuire, almost 10,000 individuals in Humboldt County were without electricity.
