An Unusual Warning...

You don’t see these very often....

SONOMA AND MARIN COUNTIES-SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL MONTEREY COUNTY-
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-SAN MATEO COUNTY-
830 PM PDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA INCLUSIVE...
EARTHQUAKE DATA..

.PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.4
LOCATION... 41.3 NORTH 125.7 WEST... OR 90 MILES NW OF EUREKA, CA AND 300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO CA AT 751 PM PDT.

IT IS NOT KNOWN...REPEAT NOT KNOWN...IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS...BUT A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMIS MAY BE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

THIS TSUNAMI WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA COAST. ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 923 PM PDT.

Fortunately, the tsunami was barely measurable.