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As of early afternoon, the largest Oregon coast wave reported by the National Weather Service was a 1.5-foot swell observed at Port Orford.
The worst big wave to strike the U.S. was a 1946 tsunami caused by a magnitude of 8.1 earthquake near Unimak Islands, Alaska, that killed 165 people, mostly in Hawaii.
A lightly populated stretch of Alaska ’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a strong earthquake was ...
A tsunami advisory was in effect for Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Pacific coast for much of the day, but was lifted for Oregon and Washington just before 5 p.m. Saturday.
The National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami advisory this morning, Saturday, January 15, for the coast of Oregon, Washington and California, due to a large undersea volcanic eruption ...
On Oregon's southern coast, the first reports of high water from expected tsunami waves generated by a Japanese earthquake call the effects minor and "extremely subtle" in Port Orford.
A tsunami advisory was issued Saturday morning for the entire U.S. West Coast and parts of British Columbia after an underwater volcano erupted around 8:30 p.m. Friday near Tonga in the South Pacif… ...
Outside of Oregon, there were some large tsunami waves on the West Coast. Port San Luis in California recorded a wave of 4.0 feet and King Cove in Alaska recorded a 2.8-foot wave.
More waves were landing in California and that meant Washington and Oregon could expect more as well. The advisory would remain in effect until the tsunami center in Alaska called it off, Cook said.
Officials caution that larger waves could still arrive without warning. Still, it’s the first significant tsunami event in Oregon since 2011, when waves from a catastrophic earthquake in Japan ...
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Oregon officials urge tsunami and earthquake preparedness - MSNEven though there were no tsunami waves observed along the Oregon Coast, when all was said and done, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management is nevertheless warning the public to be prepared ...
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