Tsunami Warning Issued for Northern California

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The area includes Crescent City, which is particularly vulnerable because of its low elevation. The rest of the state was under a lesser tsunami advisory.

By Yan ZhuangLaurel RosenhallJesus Jiménez and Amy Graff

The National Weather Service issued an upgraded tsunami warning Tuesday night for an 100-mile stretch of Northern California’s coastline between Cape Mendocino and the border with Oregon after a rare 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck of Russia’s eastern coast.

Officials warned that waves of up to 5 feet high were expected to reach the coast at Crescent City in Northern California, about 20 miles south of the Oregon border, just before midnight Pacific time. The Weather Service urged residents in the warning zone to move inland away from coastal areas.