Humboldt County Earthquake: Quake struck Coast of Northern California with 6.0 Magnitude

It’s seems that the prediction of 2012 has already started as Earthquake has already started affecting many places in the the North and South American Continent. First it was Haiti that was hit by a Massive Earthquake followed by Cayman Islands, Guatemala and Solomon Islands. Now news comes in that an Earthquake with a Magnitude of 6.0 has struck the Humboldt County, California at 12:20 PM.

An Earthquake of 6.0 Magnitude was reported from Humboldt County that is situated near the Coast of North of California. The USGS reports that the quake has struck in 35-miles west-northwest of Petrolia.

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center told the reporters that Tsunami was not expected with such a Magnitude but said in their complete statement: “However, in coastal areas of intense shaking, locally generated tsunamis can be triggered by underwater landslides.”

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