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Sat Jun 7 2025

The Big One: California may be 'overdue' for a major earthquake

Onlookers at Lands End after a tsunami warning in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake off the coast of Northern California triggered a tsunami warnings across a swath of the US West Coast, but it passed less than an hour later.

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about the risks.

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