A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck Humboldt County early Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).The USGS recorded the small quake at 12: ...
The earthquake took place within the Izu-Bonin subduction zone 680 kilometers below the Earth’s surface. The mechanisms behind deep earthquakes—those occurring 500 kilometers or deeper—are ...
said Eureka City Manager Miles Slattery ... frantically researching tsunami inundation maps on Thursday after the earthquake struck. “We’ve heard that there were conflicting maps available ...
Honsal said he was in his office in the 75-year-old courthouse in downtown Eureka when he felt the quake. “We’re used to it. It is known as ‘earthquake country’ up here,” he said.