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The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. [2] Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 131 deaths.
English: "1964 Quake: The Great Alaska Earthquake" is an eleven minute video highlighting the impacts and effects of America's largest recorded earthquake. It is an expanded version of the four minute video "Magnitude 9.2". Both were created as part of USGS activities acknowledging the fifty year anniversary of the quake on March 27, 2014.
1964 Alaska earthquake: A tsunami destroyed the 41-gross register ton, 51.6-foot (15.7 m) fishing vessel at Woody Island near Kodiak, Alaska. [12] Sea Idle United States: 1964 Alaska earthquake: A tsunami destroyed the 11-gross register ton, 29.1-foot (8.9 m) motor pleasure craft at Seward, Alaska. [12] Sea Scout Boat United States
The freeze of December 1964 that occurred before the flood. An atypical cold spell began in Oregon on December 13, 1964, that froze the soil, and it was followed by unusually heavy snow. [3] [8] Subsequently, an atmospheric river brought persistent, heavy, warm rain. [3] [8] The temperature increased by 30 to 40 °F (17 to 22 °C).
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
The Alaska peninsula was rocked late Wednesday night by the strongest earthquake to hit the United States since 1965.
Originally, the tsunami warning responsibility for Alaska was shared by the three observatories located at Palmer, Adak and Sitka. Sitka, a seismological observatory since 1904, and Fairbanks were the only two seismic stations operating in Alaska in 1964. The responsibilities of Adak and Sitka were limited to issuing a tsunami warning for ...
The predicted tsunami heights are similar to that of the tsunami from the 1964 Alaska earthquake when it struck the city. [ 4 ] The following year, a report by the U.S. Geological Survey reassessed the tsunami threat posed by the landslide and said that the tsunami 500 m (1,600 ft) offshore Whittier may be slightly over 2 ft (0.61 m) in a worst ...