In the greater scheme of things, this is not a hyge event, but for local NorCal kossacks near Crescent City, you may already know that 90 minutes ago we were
hit with a small tsunami, better known as a "surge wave".
Two docks were torn apart and two boats broke loose from their moorings when a tsunami surge hit the Crescent City Harbor around 3 p.m. today.
Debbie McAndrews of Crescent City Harbor said the surge looked like a rolling river. The tsunami is believed to be the result of a powerful undersea earthquake off Japan that prompted tsunami warnings for Japan, Russia and Alaska.
Thousands of people living along northern Japan's Pacific coast fled to higher ground Wednesday after a powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 prompted tsunami warnings as far away as Alaska.
The waves did not swell higher than 23 inches. Japan's meteorological agency withdrew its tsunami warning after about three hours. Tsunami warnings posted for Russia and coastal areas of Alaska also were canceled, as were tsunami watches for Hawaii, the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia and several Pacific islands.
Tsunami waves also hit Japan today following an offshore earthquake.
It's possible things got as bad, if not worse, north of California, but thankfully, everyone has been spared what could have been a much worse situation.