tsunami

Instead of waiting for investigations, he announced most of his nominees in three weeks — apparently imagining that the tsunami would force the Senate to confirm them quickly.

Though the circumstances were right, no major tsunami formed — this time.

Residents across Northern California’s coast were told to quickly evacuate Thursday morning and urged to seek higher ground after a magnitude 7 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County prompted a tsunami warning.

Items flew off shelves, cellphones blared with tsunami warnings and some people struggled to stay on their feet as a magnitude 7 earthquake rocked Northern California on Thursday.

Some neighborhoods close to the coast in other tsunami scenarios — such as Balboa Island in Newport Beach — could struggle to evacuate, especially if there are only narrow roads around to evacuate.