The vulnerability of Crescent City, California, to tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Kuril Islands region of the northwestern PacificThe vulnerability of Crescent City, California, to tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Kuril Islands region of the northwestern Pacific Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-10-102008enOn 15 November 2006, Crescent City was struck by a mod -erate tsunami that caused significant financial losses. Tis was the first significant tsunami loss on U.S. territory since the 1964 Alaska tsunami. All of the damage occurred more than six hours aer alerts had been canceled by WCATWC. Five previous tsunamis in the past 50 years from similar-sized Kuril Islands earthquakes caused no damage in Crescent City. e 15 November 2006 tsunami illustrates the very narrow boundary between damaging and nondamaging events, and the vulner-ability o small-boat basins and aging harbor structures to a moderate eventhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Seismological Research Letters579608-619 Synolakis Kostas Συνολακης Κωστας B. Uslu Barberopoulou, Angeliki J. Borrero L. Dengler Earthquake sea waves Seismic sea waves Seismic surges Tidal waves Tunamis tsunamis earthquake sea waves seismic sea waves seismic surges tidal waves tunamis