Waves as high as 10 meters tremendous sea which swept Japan also feels up to the U.S. west coast and Hawaii. Although not result in damage, the tsunami on the coast of the United States brought the victim. At least, one person was killed. In fact, the impact of the tsunami was also triggered a mass evacuation in the Americas, including Latin America. The tsunami as high as eight feet (2.4 meters) have hit the coast of California and Oregon, USA, on Friday or yesterday (12 / 3) morning.
It happened about 12 hours after the quake 8.9 Richer scale (SR) triggered sea waves as high as 10 meters in Japan and the tsunami alert around the Pacific region. In Del Norte County, California, a man of 25 years died after a tsunami swept the Pacific Ocean near the mouth of Klamath River. At that time, the man and two colleagues were perpetuating the arrival of tsunami waves with a camera. Joey Young, a spokesman for the center of Del Norte County emergency services, said it has not been able to confirm whether the victims are local residents. He along with two colleagues was reported to have been in that location for two weeks. Even so, she made sure that no victim is lost or injured in the region. "At least, 35 boats were also destroyed due to the tsunami hit. Some of the ships sitting on top of another boat," said Cindy Henderson, manager of emergency services in Crescent City, about 350 miles north of San Francisco. U.S. Coast Guard or the U.S. Coast Guard, adding that damage also occurred in about six boats on a beach in Santa Cruz, southern California. The ships had collided with each other after swayed by the tsunami. CNN quoted the Santa Cruz Port Director Lisa Ekers that losses caused by the tsunami in the region was estimated at more than USD 10 million (approximately USD 90 billion). Although no serious damage, the Governor of California Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in four coastal cities of the state. The move is a procedure to obtain federal funds for recovery of tsunami affected. Before reaching the U.S. mainland, the ocean waves hit the Hawaiian Islands. It happened just four hours after the evacuation of residents in low areas on the islands. Most residents fled after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) issued a warning or alert along the U.S. west coast to Central and South America and Antarctica. Several hours later, the Governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie said the tsunami warning had been lowered to the tsunami appeal. Canada also issued a warning on the north coast of British Columbia about the possibility of high waves. The highest tsunami wave hit the coast of Hawaii, about 4 thousand miles or 6500 kilometers from the epicenter point near Sendai, northeast Japan. Nearly two-meter-high wave hit the Kahului on the island of Maui, Hawaii. The tsunami triggered a storm in the Galapagos Islands. However, not until there is major damage in Latin America. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that the increase in wave and storm not to endanger human life in its territory. Chile, Ecuador, and Peru has ordered a massive evacuation of residents in the area beaches. Ecuador also stopped shipments of oil amid concern over the high waves. Peruvian officials said, the tsunami wave of 40 cm the first time they hit the region at 00:50 GMT yesterday (at around 07:50 GMT) after the evacuation of residents at the beach. Earlier, President Alan Garcia is optimistic that the tsunami would not endanger the citizens of Peru. In Mexico, there are no casualties or damage after nearly three feet high wave struck the coast of Baja California.Di region of Central America, the tide is not as strong as forecast. Guatemala and Panama finally lifted a tsunami warning. Similarly, El Salvador.
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