Tsunami Risk in California
Overall State Risk Score: 9/10
California faces extreme tsunami risk. 2 of 20 counties (10%) rated high or very high by FEMA National Risk Index.
Seasonal pattern: Year-round
Highest-Risk Cities in California
Notable Tsunami Events
Tsunami (AK/BC/US West Coast) - 45 miles SW of Eureka, California - 7.0
December 5, 2024 — ADVISORY
Long Beach, CA
372,120 people exposed; $245,834M capital exposed
Tsunami (Pacific Ocean - Local) - Near The Coast Of Northern California - 7.0
December 5, 2024 — ADVISORY
Long Beach, CA
372,120 people exposed; $245,834M capital exposed
Tsunami (AK/BC/US West Coast) - 55 miles S of Sand Point, Alaska - 7.3
July 16, 2025 — ADVISORY
Long Beach, CA
284,960 people exposed; $237,947M capital exposed
Other Hazards in California
How this data is built
California tsunami risk combines Historical Event Intelligence with authoritative hazard modeling from the Geospatial Intelligence Layers catalog. Live event monitoring is available through the Event Intelligence API and the DisasterAWARE Platform.
The data behind this page
Every score and event here comes from DisasterAWARE's hazard database — available as downloadable historical datasets and a real-time API.
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