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  2. Why a massive California tsunami alert was issued - AOL

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    Coastal areas in Northern California began evacuating residents after a 7.0 earthquake off Humboldt County's coast prompted a tsunami warning. Luckily, the worst didn't play out. But emergency ...

  3. The California tsunami danger is real. The 7.0 earthquake is ...

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    Most notably, the Alaskan earthquake of 1964 set off a catastrophic tsunami that devastated Crescent City, washing away 29 city blocks and killing at least 11 people. A series of nighttime waves ...

  4. Where in Northern California is most at risk for tsunami ...

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    Humboldt and Del Norte counties have significant tsunami risk. Crescent City, near the Oregon border, is the site of California's worst tsunami disaster in modern times, and there are vast areas ...

  5. Tsunami map shows how San Francisco could be devastated - AOL

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    A 2021 map showing how a tsunami could impact San Francisco was thrust ... Several surges reaching 21 feet high swept into Crescent City four hours after a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Alaska ...

  6. Crescent City, California - Wikipedia

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    The tsunami wave travel time to Crescent City was 4.1 hours after the earthquake, but it only produced localized flooding. [25] The second and third waves to hit Crescent City were smaller, but the fourth wave struck with a height of approximately 20 ft (6.1 m) after having drawn the harbor out nearly dry. [25]

  7. 1964 Alaska earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Five died from the tsunami in Oregon, [14] and 12 died from the tsunami in Crescent City, California. [15] [16] Property damage was estimated at $116 million [3] ($0.87 billion in 2023 dollars). [17] United States Geological Survey video explaining the earthquake and footage

  8. List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku ...

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    This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$ 100,000 in damage or at least one death.

  9. A ‘non-destructive’ tsunami was spotted after California’s ...

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    In San Francisco, a tsunami triggered by a large earthquake in Alaska would take approximately five hours to reach the city of over 800,000 residents, the 2021 maps showed.