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The threat of a tsunami lurks vaguely in the minds of Bay Area residents — enough that San Francisco’s Java Beach Cafe serves a “Hot Tsunami” sandwich, layered with ham, salami and mortadella.

“The tsunami warning includes all of San Francisco Bay,” Lamont Bain, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office, told SFGATE when the news was first announced.

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

Those findings were based on how, in 1964, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake in Alaska sent a tsunami toward California and did heavy damage along the coast near San Francisco.

The tsunami was estimated to begin at 12:10 p.m. in San Francisco. The tide is likely to go out before waves arrive. Evacuate from all coastal areas, even if the tide is going out.