Local residents look on as the Harbor patrol heads to a loose sailboat that broke its mooring after a tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan entered the Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Waters from the Pacific Ocean receded from Linda Mar Beach before the first tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan hit the coast of California Pacifica, California, USA, 11 March 2011. All Pacifica schools are closed on 11 March 2011 due to the tsunami warning, school district officials announced. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Local residents watch as a sailboat that broke free during a tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan gets caught up on a bridge piling over the Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Local residents watch as a sailboat that broke free during a tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan gets caught up on a bridge piling over the Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Members of the Harbor patrol attempt to secure a sail boat that broke free during a tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan after it got caught up on a bridge piling in the Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Salvage crews attempt to secure a capsized boat after tsunami waves from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan entered the Santa Cruz Harbor destroying docks and moorings in Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Local residents watch as waters from the Pacific Ocean receded from Linda Mar Beach before the first tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan hit the coast of California Pacifica, California, USA, 11 March 2011. All Pacifica schools are closed on 11 March 2011 due to the tsunami warning, school district officials announced. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Local residents watch as waters from the Pacific Ocean receded from Linda Mar Beach before the first tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan hit the coast of California Pacifica, California, USA, 11 March 2011. All Pacifica schools are closed on 11 March 2011 due to the tsunami warning, school district officials announced. EPA/PETER DASILVA
A half summered sailboat floated by in a tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan as local residents watched from the Santa Cruz Harbor bridge, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
One of the destroyed docks in the Santa Cruz Harbor after tsunami waves from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan entered harbor in Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
A tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan flows by one of the many sailboats that broke free and was caught up on a bridge piling after waves entered the Santa Cruz Harbor in Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
A tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan flows by one of the many sailboats that broke free and was caught up on a bridge piling after waves entered the Santa Cruz Harbor in Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Boat owners attempt untangle the masts of two boats after tsunami waves from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan entered the Santa Cruz Harbor destroying docks and moorings in Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Local residents wait for the tsumani wave generated by the 8.9 earthquake in Japan by the Pacifica pier, Pacifica, California, USA, 11 March 2011. All Pacifica schools are closed on 11 March 2011 due to the tsunami warning, school district officials announced. EPA/PETER DASILVA
Salvage crews attempt to secure a capsized boat after tsunami waves from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan entered the Santa Cruz Harbor destroying docks and moorings in Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
A half summered sailboat floats by in a tsunami wave surge from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan as local residents watched from train trestle over the Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 11 March 2011. Dozens of boats and docks that had been broken free floated freely in the harbor as the tsunami surges continued to rise and fall most throughout the morning. EPA/PETER DASILVA
