Tierra del Mar is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States,[1] located on the Oregon Coast, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Tillamook and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Pacific City and Cape Kiwanda, along Sandlake Road, west of U.S. Route 101.

[9] According to Facebook, Tierra del Mar is a likely site for a new branch of a fibre optic undersea telecommunications cable.

[8] Facebook's data center in Prineville, Oregon, could be connected more easily with Japan and the Philippines with the cable.

[8][10][11] Edge Cable Holdings, USA, purchased a beachfront property about the size of 10 tennis courts for $495,000 from former University of Oregon football player Joey Harrington in 2018.

Edge Cable Holdings notified the county of the accident on 5 May, but did not explicitly mention the abandoned equipment.