A tsunami warning was temporarily in place for coastal areas of northern California and southern Oregon, after a 7-point-3-magnitude earthquake struck about 45 miles southwest of Eureka, California.

Data: NOAA; Map: Axios Visuals A tsunami warning was issued and later called off on Thursday after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California. The big picture: The ...

An earthquake ruptured off California on Thursday morning, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon. The earthquake, a magnitude-7.0 temblor ...

An earthquake ruptured off California on Thursday morning, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon. The earthquake, a magnitude-7.0 temblor ...

A map provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shows the nearly 600 miles of northern California and southern Oregon coastline under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rattled ...

A nightmare scenario for Northern California, as well as Oregon and Washington, would be a magnitude 9 earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone off the coast.

However, drought maps also reported parts Southern California are in extreme drought, boosting fire risk this spring. That’s after Southern California was already devastated by wildfires in winter.