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SAFRR tsunami scenario for Oakland and Newport Beach

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program 2013 (approx.)
Maps showing potential flooding extent in harbors if there were a tsunami wave.
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Some areas that would be inundated (in red) during the SAFRR tsunami scenario. Top, in Oakland and Alameda, in the eastern San Francisco Bay area, large parts of the Oakland Airport would be flooded. Bottom, in Newport Beach, Orange County, there would be complete or partial flooding of all islands and near overtopping of the Balboa Peninsula neighborhood, possibly creating evacuation challenges. From USGS Fact Sheet 2013–3081.

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