Harbor Boats

A group of men try to save a Boston Whaler boat after it tipped over from a tsunami surge in a harbor on March 11, 2011 in Santa Cruz (Kimberly White/Getty Images)

Earthquake In Japan Prompts Tsunami Warning For California Coast

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SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 11: People watch from a road above a beach as tsunami surges hit on March 11, 2011 in Half Moon Bay, California. A tsunami warning for Northern California has been issued and a voluntary evacuation is in effect in Half Moon Bay. (Photo by Kim White/Getty Images)

SFPD Patrol Ocean Beach

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With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, police patrol along San Francisco's Great Highway on Friday, March 11, 2011. Tsunami warnings were issued after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

San Francisco Tsunami Surfer

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With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, Larry Young surfs at Fort Point near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Friday, March 11, 2011. The tsunami warnings came after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan. Young said he would surf whether or not the tsunami would affect the waves. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Tsunami Surfer

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With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, a surfer enters the water at Fort Point near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Friday, March 11, 2011. The tsunami warnings came after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Tsunami Onlookers

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With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, a group of people watch as a wave hits near Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Friday, March 11, 2011. The warnings came after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Tsunami Onlookers

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With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, a man and woman walk along a pier at Fort Point near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Friday, March 11, 2011. The warnings came after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami struck Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Tsunami Onlookers

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With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, sightseers watch waves off Ocean Beach on Friday, March 11, 2011 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Santa Cruz Tsunami Damage

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People aboard the O'Neill look on a as a sinking boat approaches their vessel on the harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. A surge caused by a tsunami off the coast of Japan caused significant damage to the Santa Cruz harbor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Santa Cruz Tsunami Damage

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A boat is carried by a tsunami surge on the harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Japan resulted in warnings as far away as the United States' west coast. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Santa Cruz Tsunami Damage

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A boat sinks into the ocean in the aftermath of the surge caused by a tsunami on the harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control. Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. The entire Pacific had been put on alert _ including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska _ but waves were not as bad as expected. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Crescent City Tsunami Damage

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A Coast Guard helicopter flies above Pebble Beach in Crescent City, Calif. on Friday, March 11, 2011 where onlookers watch for the predicted surges of a tsunami. The first small surge was spotted at 7:38 a.m. and continued. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Crescent City Tsunami Damage

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A fishing boat lays on its side in shallow water in the boat basin at Crescent City, Calif., after a tsunami surge withdrew Friday, March 11, 2011. The surges broke loose and damaged most of the 35 boats that remained in the harbor with the surges began to hit. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Crescent City Tsunami Damage

Driven by the force of a tsunami surge, a loose boat slams into another in the boat basin at Crescent City, Calif., on Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP)

Driven by the force of a tsunami surge, a loose boat slams into another in the boat basin at Crescent City, Calif., on Friday, March 11, 2011. A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control. Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. The entire Pacific had been put on alert _ including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska _ but waves were not as bad as expected. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Crescent City Tsunami Damage

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Fishing boats crash into one another Friday, March, 11, 2011 in the boat basin at Crescent City, Calif., as one of a series of tsunami surges slams into the harbor, breaking up docks and tearing lose boats. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan sparked a tsunami that sped across the Pacific and caused tsunami warnings as far away as the west coast of the United States. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Santa Cruz Tsunami Damage

A boat ripped from its anchor by a tsunami surge crashes into boats on the harbor in Santa Cruz, March 11, 2011. (AP)

A boat ripped from its anchor by a tsunami surge crashes into boats on the harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control. Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. The entire Pacific had been put on alert _ including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska _ but waves were not as bad as expected. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Crescent City Tsunami Damage

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Driven by the force of a tsunami surge, a loose boat slams into another in the boat basin at Crescent City, Calif., on Friday, March 11, 2011. A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control. Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. The entire Pacific had been put on alert _ including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska _ but waves were not as bad as expected. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)