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Tsunami in Northern Monterey Bay, California

Tsunami March 11, 2011 – March 13, 2011 · Northern Monterey Bay, California

$26.6M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tsunami impacted Santa Cruz...in particular Santa Cruz Harbor. Impacts included: eighteen vessels sunk, four vessels capsized, 100+ vessels with either superficial damage or waiting to be assessed, oil sheen on the water and serious damage to harbor facilities.

The wider storm

At 10:46 pm on March 10, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck near the coast of Honshu, Japan. The earthquake generated a tsunami significantly affecting California on March 11, 2011.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 288760. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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