Authorities have canceled a tsunami warning after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of California.
The quake struck at 10:44 a.m. local time west of Ferndale, a small town in coastal Humboldt County near the Oregon border, according to the US Geological Survey.
It was felt as far south as San Francisco, where residents felt rolling motion for a few seconds.
It was followed by smaller aftershocks.
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit, known as BART, temporarily halted traffic in all directions through the undersea tunnel between San Francisco and Oakland.
At least 5.3 million people in California were under a tsunami warning after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the US Geological Survey said in a yellow alert that predicted localized but minimal damage.
More than 1.3 million people lived close enough to the quake to have felt it, the USGS estimated.
In the Santa Cruz area, phones were buzzing with a tsunami warning from the National Weather Service.
“A series of powerful waves and strong currents could affect coasts near you. You are in danger,” the warning said.
“Get out of coastal waters. Move high or inland now. Stay away from the coast until local officials say it is safe to return.’
Visitors to the San Francisco Zoo were evacuated as a result of the earthquake, the zoo said in a post on social media platform X.
The animals have been secured and staff have been moved to higher ground.
