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Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...
Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?
California's coastal areas are obviously at highest risk from an incoming tsunami. But how far inland does the threat extend? The answer might surprise you. Tsunami hazard areas can be quite large ...
Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of Northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7 ...
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit off the Northern California coast didn’t produce a significant tsunami ... time for an official warning for high-risk coastal areas along the subduction ...
The warning applied to 5.3 million people in California, according to the Associated ... I'd seen a different government map of the local tsunami risk, made several years ago.
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 ...
Tsunamis pose a risk to the entire California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be? A single tsunami likely won't cause the worst-case scenario for every region. But in total ...
California's coastal areas are obviously at highest risk from an incoming tsunami. But how far inland does the threat extend? The answer might surprise you. Tsunami hazard areas can be quite large ...