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Tsunami Safety

A local tsunami can come on-shore within 10-15 minutes or sooner after an earthquake. Ground shaking from the earthquake may be the only warning you get. 

If you feel an earthquake...

  • Move immediately inland to high ground. Do not wait for an official siren.
  • Go on foot if at all possible.
  • Do not pack or delay.
  • Do not return to the beach for at least 12 hours. 
  • Wait for the all clear from an official source.
The City of Bandon tests the distant tsunami alert siren on the first Wednesday of each month.

There are 3 assembly areas in Bandon.

  • Bandon Community Center located at 11th St. SW (in the City Park)
  • Bandon High School on 11th St. SW
  • Jehovah's Witnesses Church on the corner of Hwy 101 and Doberman Lane.

These areas are where you can wait until the all clear signal is given. 

May contain: nature, outdoors, sea, water, sea waves, and tsunami
2011 Tsunami Wave
May contain: water, waterfront, harbor, pier, nature, outdoors, and sea
Harbor in Brookings, Oregon after the 2011 Tsunami in Japan
May contain: water, waterfront, transportation, vehicle, yacht, port, and boat
Brookings Harbor Tsunami Damage
May contain: water, waterfront, harbor, pier, transportation, vehicle, yacht, boat, sailboat, marina, and watercraft
Boats in Brookings Harbor after the 2011 Tsunami
May contain: boat, sailboat, transportation, vehicle, yacht, water, and waterfront
Crescent City, California Tsunami Damage
May contain: nature, outdoors, sea, water, sea waves, and tsunami
May contain: water, waterfront, harbor, pier, nature, outdoors, and sea
May contain: water, waterfront, transportation, vehicle, yacht, port, and boat
May contain: water, waterfront, harbor, pier, transportation, vehicle, yacht, boat, sailboat, marina, and watercraft
May contain: boat, sailboat, transportation, vehicle, yacht, water, and waterfront

 

This tsunami evacuation zone was developed by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries in consultation with local officials. It is intended to represent a worst-case scenario for a tsunami caused by an undersea earthquake near the Oregon coast.

Evacuation routes were developed by local officials and reviewed by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management.

Bandon-EvacBrochure_onscreen.pdf