A tsunami warning issued Thursday morning by the National Weather Service for coastal areas of Northern California and Oregon was canceled a little over an hour after being prompted by an estimated 7.0-magnitude earthquake that was reported off the coast of Humboldt County.

The National Weather Service has canceled a tsunami warning for the Oregon and California coast that extended southward to Santa Cruz County, following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County. A map shows the location of the quake and tsunami warning zone. (Image via tsunami.gov)

The 7.0 quake at 10:44 a.m. off of Cape Mendocino was followed by a series of aftershocks in the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Shaking from the big quake could be felt in many parts of the Bay Area, though no major damage has been reported in the region.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.