Tsunami Advisory Canceled For San Francisco Bay Area, Remains Near Santa Cruz

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An undersea volcano erupted adjacent the Pacific federation of Tonga connected Saturday, sending tsunami waves crashing crossed the enactment and tsunami advisories for Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. Pacific coast.

The National Tsunami Warning Center canceled a tsunami advisory for San Francisco connected Saturday evening, but arsenic of Saturday nighttime remains successful effect adjacent Santa Cruz down to Rincoin Point, according to the National Weather Service Bay Area.

The tsunami arrived successful pulses of surging h2o levels that tin propulsion radical retired to sea, akin to precocious tides, the National Weather Service said.

Although the advisory was successful spot for the West Delta, determination are nary impacts to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Tsunami Advisory has been cancelled for NorCal seashore including SF #BayArea. However, it remains successful effect adjacent Santa Cruz down to Rincon Point. #cawx #tsunami pic.twitter.com/eN7EN9TbZV

— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) January 16, 2022

Jay Lund, Co-Director astatine the Center for Watershed Sciences, said determination was not capable vigor for the tsunami to interaction the Delta.

“Just similar if you spell successful your bathtub, and driblet thing successful 1 extremity of the bathtub, you’d make a question that travels crossed the bathtub until the extremity of time,” said Lund.

He said that though determination were nary impacts successful this tsunami, the tsunami advisories should beryllium taken seriously.

“It’s a small spot similar a occurrence alarm. When you perceive a occurrence alarm, you’re not definite however large the fire’s gonna be, but you definite privation to wage attention,” said Lund.

The California Office of Emergency Services released a statement that they are successful adjacent interaction with the U.S. Coast Guard, section instrumentality enforcement, occurrence departments, exigency managers, and authorities bureau partners.

Cal OES connection continued:

“The State Operations Center astatine Cal OES is activated to enactment effect operations and section authorities arsenic required and authorities unit from State Parks, CHP and Cal Trans volition each beryllium retired on coastal highways monitoring imaginable oversea level rise oregon question action.”

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Cal OES volition besides show tide gauges successful impacted areas.