Mapped: Northern California earthquake is the US's strongest of the year

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, WHERE A 7.0 EARTHQUAKE HIT EARLIER TODAY JUST BEFORE 11 A.M., NEAR THE AREA OF PETROLIA, ABOUT 1045 TO BE EXACT. IN THE SAME AREA WHERE BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD A 4.9 EARTHQUAKE. ALSO HIT A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS ISSUED, BUT THAT TSUNAMI WARNING FOR MOST OF CALIFORNIA AND UP INTO OREGON WAS JUST CANCELED. SO IT’S GREAT NEWS. THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE REPORTED NEAR COBB, REGISTERING AT A 5.8 EARTHQUAKE. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE SAYS THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OS IS RESPONDING TO THE EARTHQUAKES IN BOTH HUMBOLDT AND LAKE COUNTIES, AND SO THEY ARE GETTING ON TOP OF THAT. OF COURSE, THE USGS IS VERY ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. FOR A TIME, BART, THEY HAD TO CLOSE THE TUBE UNDER WATER BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND. NOT SURE IF THAT HAS BEEN REOPENED YET, BUT BART IS A BIG MESS RIGHT NOW. THEY HAD TO CLOSE A LOT OF THINGS JUST BECAUSE FOR A TIME THERE WAS AN EVACUATION ORDER ISSUED. NOT JUST FOR PARTS OF THE BAY AREA, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE WEST BERKELEY AREA. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ALL START TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT TO GET OVER TO METEOROLOGIST DIRK VERDOORN AND OH, LOOK AT THESE LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW. AND I BELIEVE, DID YOU JUST SAY THAT’S A I-80 NEAR EMERYVILLE? YEP. THAT’S I-80 NEAR EMERYVILLE. AND YOU CAN SEE ON ONE SIDE THAT’S THE WATER SKIING PARK THAT THEY ALSO EVACUATED THERE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN THERE. AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU’VE DRIVEN THROUGH 80 IN THE BAY AREA, IT GOES RIGHT UP TO THE WATER IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. LET’S GET OVER TO METEOROLOGIST DIRK VERDOORN DIRK. GREAT TO SEE THAT TRAFFIC IS MOVING NICELY ON 80 AND THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AFTER THEY JUST CANCELED THIS TSUNAMI WARNING. AND THOSE EVACUATION ORDERS FOR WEST BERKELEY. EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST. IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO KIND OF KIND OF KEEP UP WITH THE THE FLOW OF THINGS. AS WE HAD THE EARTHQUAKE THAT OCCURRED AT 1044 THIS MORNING. SO THAT’S WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE, THE BIG EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED OFF OF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. THERE’S BEEN NUMEROUS AFTERSHOCKS AFTER THIS. BUT INITIALLY I SAW REPORTS OF A 7.0 TO A 7.2. AND AGAIN, WE’RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. BUT THE LOCATION IS PRETTY SECURE AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THE COAST YOU HAVE EUREKA RIGHT HERE. AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF EUREKA, OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, IS WHERE THAT OCCURRED. AND A FAULT ALONG THE COAST HERE, 7.0 INITIALLY WHAT THEY DID IS BECAUSE THAT’S A BIG EARTHQUAKE. THEY DID ISSUE A TSUNAMI WARNING THAT TSUNAMI WARNING WAS UP AND IT JUST GOT DROPPED BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE’S NO SIGN OF A TSUNAMI THAT FORMED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COASTLINE. SO NOW WE’RE A BIGGER, BIGGER CONCERN IS JUST WHAT’S GOING ON HERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA. THEY’RE MORE THAN LIKELY HAS BEEN SOME DAMAGE, MORE THAN LIKELY LIGHT TO MODERATE. IF THERE IS, WE’VE HAD REPORTS OF SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN SHAKEN UP PRETTY GOOD ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA, SO WE’LL HAVE TO GET THOSE MORE REPORTS AND ALSO MAYBE WE’LL GET SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL CALL IN AND WE’LL GET SOME INTERVIEWS THERE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT EARTHQUAKE AGAIN. IT OCCURRED OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA, AT LEAST AROUND A 7.0, AND THE TSUNAMI WARNING HAS BEEN DROPPED.