An aerial view shows Crescent City's harbor after tsunami waves, triggered by a quake off Russia's coast, caused close to $1 million in damage. Crescent City — one of California’s northernmost towns and Del Norte County ’s lone city — took a close-to-$1 million hit to its harbor after tsunami waves battered the North Coast earlier this week.

Officials are warning people to stay away from beaches and waterways in a small California city near the border with Oregon that has recorded dozens of tsunamis, including one that turned deadly more than 60 years ago.