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What Would a Tsunami in the Bay Area Actually Look Like?

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Portions of San Francisco’s Embarcadero flood during a king tide on Jan. 11, 2017. (Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)

People across the Bay Area were rattled by a tsunami warning alert on Thursday morning, after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the coast of Humboldt County. The warning triggered evacuation orders before it was eventually canceled at approximately 12:00 pm. But it begs the question: What would really happen if a tsunami hit the Bay Area? Back in 2017, our friends at Bay Curious set out to answer this question.

This episode first aired on June 15, 2017.


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