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Tsunami in Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast, California

Tsunami March 11, 2011 · Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast, California

$1.8M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Moss Landing Harbor sustained damages to docks and harbor structures during the tsunami.

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 304117. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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