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Authorities have canceled a tsunami warning for the west coast of Northern California after a major earthquake shook the ocean floor. There have been no reports of damage or injuries from the quake which struck late Tuesday, 147 kilometers southwest of the town of Crescent City.

In 1964, 11 people lost their lives in Crescent City when a tsunami struck the California coast following an earthquake in Alaska. Seismologists are closely watching earthquake activity in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The area has been shaken by seven quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater since Tuesday.

Preliminary Earthquake Report

A major earthquake occurred at 02:50:54 (UTC) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005. The magnitude 7.2 event has been located OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 7.2 Date-Time Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 02:50:54 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 6:50:54 PM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 41.328°N, 125.868°W Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Distances 147 km (91 miles) WSW (252°) from Crescent City, CA 147 km (92 miles) WNW (282°) from Trinidad, CA 150 km (93 miles) WSW (252°) from Bertsch-Oceanview, CA 485 km (302 miles) NW (311°) from Sacramento, CA Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters Nst=190, Nph=190, Dmin=165 km, Rmss=1.42 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usziae