Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?

Many in Humboldt County received three emergency alerts — an early earthquake warning triggered by a quake above 5.0, the National Tsunami Warning Center’s tsunami warning, and later a ...

A tsunami warning was issued after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Humboldt Peninsula on Thursday morning, but it was later canceled. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ...

A tsunami warning was issued after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Humboldt Peninsula on Thursday morning, but it was later canceled. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Thursday morning in Humboldt County prompted a tsunami warning across the Northern California coast into Oregon. In the San Franc… ...

A tsunami warning from the National Weather Service revealed an uneven response by Bay Area cities, counties and emergency services on Thursday, after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the ...

USGS says that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit Northern California in Humboldt County. A tsunami warning has been issued by the NWS. Residents in parts of the Bay Area have reported feeling the ...

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported off the coast of Northern California, according to the USGS. A tsunami warning that had been issued was canceled.