Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

A tsunami warning is flashed along Highway 17 in the mountains leading to the coastal town of Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan sparked a tsunami that moved across the Pacific triggering warnings as far away as the U.S. west coast.

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A tsunami warning is flashed along Highway 17 in the mountains leading to the coastal town of Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan sparked a tsunami that moved across the Pacific triggering warnings as far away as the U.S. west coast.