oregon tsunami?
earlier today in pacific time 1:30 am the uscg(united states coast guard) signaled tsunami warnings(which started because of a 7.2 alaska earthquake) from alaska to sanfransisco. does anybody know if the oregon or californian coast will be in watch for tsunami warnings? and if so howe bad?
It appears from the mechanism of the earthquake that this was a strike-slip event so the motion was horizontal not the vertical displacement that typically leads to a tsunami. Many of the folks who come to these coastal areas know that a tsunami or an earthquake or both could occur here.”
About 85 percent of the tsunami-generated in the world take place in the Pacific. So this specific event was just a reminder that this is a very active part of the planet and that there is certainly a risk for coastal communities.
In San Francisco, authorities used the tsunami warning as a drill for emergency services, reports KCBS-AM’s Mark Seelig, hoping to gather information on how well the city responded and to improve training for first-responders in the event a real disaster strikes the area in the future. No matter what coast you go tom there will ba a tsunami watch because you never know when an earthquake will hit.
West Coast Beach waves during Tsunami Advisory from Chile Earthquake