Tsunami in Redwood Coast, California

Tsunami November 15, 2006 – November 16, 2006 · Redwood Coast, California

$9.2M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tsunami surges affected Crescent City Harbor beginning at 1138PST and lasting for several hours. The peak wave height was 5.8 feet as measured trough to peak. No injuries or deaths resulted from this tsunami. Damage was limited to docks and boats in Crescent City Harbor. The damage was caused by the high velocity currents resulting from the tsunami. No other significant wave heights occurred elsewhere in Del Norte County.

The wider storm

An 8.3 magnitude earthquake off the Kuril Islands produced a tsunami that propagated across the Pacific Ocean and impacted the West Coast of North America, including California.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 8484. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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