Quake Rattles Off Coast Just South of Crescent City

A sizable quake rattled off the northern California coast Monday evening, January 22nd, with the quake registering 4.3 on the Richter scale.

The 4.3 magnitude temblor hit Monday evening at just before 9:30pm about 30 miles southwest of Crescent City, at a depth of 21 miles, reportedly felt as far away as Brookings and Hiouchi to the north of Crescent City, and as far as Rio Dell to the south of Eureka.

A tsunami was not generated and no tsunami warnings were issued.