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Tag Archives: tsunami
Tsunami Warning After Alaska Quake Called Off
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From the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center: "NO destructive tsunami has been recorded, and NO tsunami danger exists along the coasts of the U.S. west coast states, Alaska, and British Columbia. Local authorities can assume all clear upon … Continue reading
Japan's New Crisis: Fighting to Avert a Nuclear Disaster
Japan has barely begun responding to Friday's earthquake and tsunami, and already the government has been forced to focus on a potential new catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (Daiichi can be translated, by the way, as "first" … Continue reading
Crescent City and Santa Cruz Clean Up From Tsunami Damage
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The California Report today takes a look at damage and recovery efforts in Santa Cruz and Crescent City, two cities hit by hard tsunami surges on Friday. The Sentinel reports that 18 boats sunk in Santa Cruz, with four being … Continue reading
More Maps and Images of Japan's Great Quake
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The death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami are now expected to top 10,000. Having seen a relative handful of the flood of images that captured the disaster, that number is not surprising; it might even seem to be an … Continue reading
Japan's Great Quake: The California Perspective
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It goes without saying that in California, the fascination, the fear, and the horror of seeing the impact of Friday's earthquake in Japan all lie in how closely we can identify with the calamity visited upon the people there. Geologists … Continue reading
Interview: USGS Quake Expert on Likelihood of 9.0 Earthquake in California and Pacific Northwest
On Friday, after the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami had hit Japan, Gretchen Weber of KQED's Climate Watch spoke with Tom Brocher, Director of the Earthquake Science Center at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park. Pretty interesting conversation for … Continue reading
California Tsunami Watch: Canceled
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The latest word (issued 8:10 a.m. Saturday PST) from the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center: Tsunami Advisory Cancellation #35 The Tsunami Advisory is canceled for the coastal areas from Alamitos Bay, California (20 miles SE of L.A.) to … Continue reading
When the Tsunami Arrived in San Francisco Bay
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By way of the excellent Berkeleyside blog, some striking video—fascinating, not frightening—of a tsunami wave rolling past the Bay Bridge approach and into the Emeryville mudflats Friday morning:
Japan Quake-Tsunami Aftermath: Fears About Nuclear Plants
In Japan, attention is focusing in two places: First, search and rescue operations and the massive recovery ahead in the large sections of the northeastern coast devastated by Friday's earthquake and tsunamis. The other increasingly critical concern: the condition of … Continue reading
California Tsunami Updates
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A 9.0 earthquake struck off the Japan coast on Friday (Thursday evening California time), triggering a tsunami that killed hundreds of people. Tsunami warnings went into effect across the Pacific, including California. In the Bay Area, the effects have been … Continue reading
