Images courtesy #Himawari8 /Zk8uepybuX- Seán Doran January 15, 2022Įarly data indicated California could face a coastal surge of up to 3 feet of water. Hunga #Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai #eruption at 04:00 UTC on Jan 15. No stranger to late-night texts about impending tsunamis, Wilson said the vast majority of messages from Alaska’s warning center, one of a few in the country, say California is not at risk.Īn “evaluation” notification is different: It’s a call for immediate attention. The Sacramento resident runs the Tsunami Unit of the California Geological Survey, a division of the state’s Department of Conservation. Not from a friend in distress or someone trying to sell car insurance, this message came from the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, saying it was evaluating an imminent threat to the West Coast.įor Wilson, an engineering geologist, this was a call to work. 15, Rick Wilson was awakened from a deep sleep by a text. Learn more about the state’s tsunami hazard map, which shows you if you’re in the danger zone. File photo: Steven Winter West Berkeley up to about Sixth Street above University Avenue is within the tsunami hazard zone. Today, tsunami damage forecasting is based on what’s called a 1,000-year event, or the worst-case scenario going back 1,000 years in a given location. ![]() Out of the devastation that tsunami brought to Japan, authorities learned that evacuation maps based on 100 to 500 years of historical events weren’t sufficient. ![]() A wave from the 2011 tsunami is seen coming into Emeryville.
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