(CNN) -- One person was reported dead and numerous boats and harbors suffered damage in the United States after the tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake off Japan swept across the Pacific Ocean at jet speed Friday. The fatality was reported in northern California's Del Norte County, where a 25-year-old man was declared dead Friday afternoon after being swept out to sea off a beach while trying to photograph the tsunami's arrival, said Joey Young, a spokesman for the county's emergency operations center. "We had one person reported missing who has been confirmed dead," Young said. "The Coast Guard has been doing a search for the body, but the oceanic conditions are making it very difficult."
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NEW: The tsunami sunk 10 boats in Hawaii, the Coast Guard reported
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A 25-year-old man was declared dead after being swept out to sea off California
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Northern California city records 8.1-foot tsunami wave
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"You could hear a pin drop in Waikiki," Honolulu resident says
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