Fire & Emergency
Did you hear last week’s tsunami warnings? NWS meteorologist explains the tests
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How vulnerable is Mendocino County to a tsunami? We only mapped hazard zones along the entire coastline a few years ago.
Environment & Natural Resources
Don’t panic: Tsunami warning test coming to Mendocino County March 29
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The National Weather Service will be conducting the communications exercise between 11 and noon in neighboring counties as well.
Calendar & Announcements
Tsunami warning test happening Wednesday, March 23
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Let us know if you get the warning!
Environment & Natural Resources
State publishes new tsunami zone maps with far greater accuracy
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Find out if your area is in the revised tsunami zone; links to the news maps in the article.
Fire & Emergency
No threat of tsunami on West Coast — 8.1 New Zealand quake resulted in tsunami scare
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WILLITS, 3/4/21 — For some hours early this afternoon the Pacific coasts held their collective breath as we waited for information about a possible tsunami resulting from an enormous quake off the coast of New Zealand. Now the National Tsunami Warning Center has announced that there is no threat of tsunami on the western coast of North America. https://twitter.com/NWS_NTWC/status/1367602227066466307?s=20
The quake measured around 8.1 in magnitude and struck several hundred miles off the coast of New Zealand at 11:28 a.m. Pacific time, close on the heels of two 7+ quakes. Quakes of such magnitude have the potential to create a Pacific Ocean-wide tsunamis. But because the quake happened in a remote part of the Pacific it was some hours before any tsunami would have triggered one of the various buoys that are part of the early warning system.
