Quake prompts US tsunami warning

June 15, 2005 10:35 IST

A major earthquake struck about 128 km off the coast of Northern California on Tuesday night, prompting a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast.

The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at about 7:50 pm west southwest of the coastal community of Crescent City, according to the US Geological Survey Web site.

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A tsunami warning is in effect from the California-Mexico

border all the way north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Residents were being evacuated from low-lying areas of Crescent City, KCBS radio reported.

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