North Coast residents woke up this morning to news a tsunami was bearing down on our shores.
An advisory issued by the National Tsunami Warning Center predicted that the West Coast of the United States and Canada could see waves and coastal flooding in the wake of an undersea volcanic eruption in the south Pacific.
Predicted to hit the North Coast between 8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m., residents documented the sea visibly drawing back as the tsunami approached and a subsequent tidal surge.
KMUD News Lauren Schmitt interviewed well-known earthquake/tsunami expert Lori Dengler, Professor and Chair of the Geology Department at Humboldt State University, who said this is an “unprecedented event for modern times.”
Dengler goes into detail on why this is such an unusual event.
The tsunami is going to continue for the rest of the day, Dengler says.
Even though the event is considered a “relatively small tsunami”, according to the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group, footage of the turbulent waters gathered by North Coast residents shows a sea clearly compelled by anomalous forces outside of the movement of an average tide.
We have gathered footage of the event provided by a collection of readers that gives a glimpse into the coastal phenomenon. If you have pictures or video of the tsunami as it crashed onto North Coast shores, please share:
Flooding in Tonga, a set of islands near the site of the volcanic eruption that caused the tsunami that washed upon the West Coast
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