California harbor suffers close to $1 million in damage from tsunami waves

California Coastal Town Reports $1 Million in Damage From Tsunami Waves

A small California coastal city, known locally as “tsunami central,” suffered about $1 million in damage after recording the biggest tsunami waves in the continental United States on July 30. Crescent City recorded waves measuring up to 4 feet at about 2:40 a.m. after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Far East. The quake triggered tsunami warnings across the northern Pacific Ocean and extended from Alaska to New Zealan…

California harbor suffers close to $1 million in damage from tsunami waves

Crescent City took the hardest hit on the West Coast after a tsunami surge damaged its harbor's front-line defense.