The California Geological Survey recently released new maps showing that potential tsunamis increase the threat of flooding in Alameda, Monterey, and San Mateo counties, along with other coastal areas designated as threatened by earlier studies.
The updated maps — released to coincide with California’s Tsunami Preparedness Week that starts March 22 — use new data and improved computer modeling to show how far inland a surge of seawater might go in a worst-case scenario, according to the California Department of Conservation.
The agency started updating California’s tsunami danger maps after 2011’s Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami in Japan that killed approximately 15,000 people and caused massive damage, including to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant…