AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, California Geologic Survey
Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)
Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe, SeanPaul La Selle
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Alexander Snyder, Brandon (Contractor) Nasr
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Transects, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Surveying the extent of the 2022 Tonga sourced Tsunami that inundated the Santa Cruz Harbor, Manresa beach, and Beer Can beach.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, CA
End Port/Location: Santa Cruz
Start Date: 2022-01-19
End Date: 2022-01-20
Equipment Used: Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Push corer
Information to be Derived: Elevation, GPS data, and sand samples ( whirlpaks and push cores).
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Santa Cruz Harbor, Manresa, Beer Can Beach
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.98335761 | South: 36.88071909 | West: -122.01038361 | East: -121.8157196 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
La Selle, S.M., Snyder, A.G., Nasr, B.M., Jaffe, B.E., Ritchie, A.C., Graehl, N., and Bott, J., 2022, Observations of tsunami and runup heights in Santa Cruz Harbor and surrounding beaches from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai tsunami: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZVAB8D.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | Observations of tsunami and runup heights in Santa Cruz Harbor and surrounding beaches from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai tsunami (The 14 January 2022 eruption of Tonga Hunga-Tonga Ha'apai volcano generated tsunamis that impacted the west coast of the United States on the morning of 15 January 2022. This data release presents runup heights and tsunami heights collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the California Geological Survey (CGS) during surveys at the Santa Cruz Harbor and beaches in Santa Cruz County, California, on January 19th and 20th, 2022 (USGS Field Activity 2022-607-FA). ) |
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology |
