Update: Video, Crescent City docks and boats destroyed by tsunami

Update 2: Idiots risk their lives to get a film of the tsunami surge near Crescent City, CA.


More people risk their lives for video. This is how people get swept out to sea.


Update: Fox affiliate in Oregon reports that 4 people have been swept out to sea in Crescent City, CA, with one already pronounced dead.

Caltech reports that Japan has moved 8 feet closer to California because of this earthquake.

According to Fox News, reports are coming in that 30 boats and docks in Crescent City, CA have been destroyed by the tsunami. It is approximately 10:30am Pacific Standard Time.

”The harbor has been destroyed,” said Crescent City Councilman Rich Enea in a phone interview at 9:45 a.m. “Thirty-five boats have been crushed and the harbor has major damage. Major damage.”
Del Norte County Sheriff Cmdr. Bill Steven said most of the docks at the harbor are gone. Additionally, a recent surge filled the entire harbor and they are expecting that some of the other waves could send water into the harbor's parking lot, Steven said.

Here is a wave height chart of the tsunami as it spreads across the Pacific Ocean.