1964 Alaskan Tsunami

1964 Alaskan Tsunami: "Oregon was also hit hard by the tsunami, which killed four people and caused an estimated 750,000 to one million dollars in damage to bridges, houses, car, boats, and sea walls. The greatest tsunami damage in Oregon did not occure not along the ocean front as one might expect, but in the estuary channels located further inland, where those with the correct bathymitry actually amplified the wave tsunami wave heights. Of the communities effected, Seaside, struck by a 10-foot wave, was the hardest hit. Tsunami wave heights reached 10 to 11.5 feet in the Nehalem River, 10 to 11.5 feet at Depoe Bay, 11.5 feet at Newport, 10 to 11 feet at Florence, 11 feet at Reedsport, 11 feet at Brookings, and 14 feet at Coos Bay."