On March 3 2011 a powerful earthquake struck the coast off of Japan. At approximatley 8:31 am almost 7 hours later those large ocean waves traveled across the pacific ocean striking the west coast of Oregon and California. Brookings Oregon coast sustained severe damage to its port causing fishing vessels,pleasure boats and sailboats to break free of their moorings. The smell of deisel was punget in the air as we were able to travel down to the port of Brookings. Docks were torn apart along with numerous half and fully sunk boats in the harbor. Numerous rescue personnel were on hand to help the victims of the tsunami. One man lost his life during the catastrophe. At around 2:38 you'll see a small tsunami surge come into the harbor, and around 6:05 you'll see the docks start dropping as the water recedes out of the harbor. Crescent City also sustained major port damage from the tsunami and was declared a state of emergency.