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Calculated travel time map for the tectonic tsunami produced by the 1964 Prince William Sound earthquake in Alaska. Tsunami Travel Times computed using Tsunami Travel Times [11] software v3.1 (P. Wessel). The map does not show the height or strength of the waves, only the calculated travel times.
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.
S J No. 7 United States: 1964 Alaska earthquake: A tsunami destroyed the 9-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel at Kodiak, Alaska. [12] Saint Therese United States: 1964 Alaska earthquake: A tsunami destroyed the 14-gross register ton, 33.1-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel in Prince William Sound near Chenega, Alaska. [12] Salty Dog ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Alaska. Date MMI Mag. Coordinates Depth ... Tsunami: 1964-03-27 ...
Portage is a ghost town and former settlement on Turnagain Arm in Alaska, about 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Downtown Anchorage. [1] The town was destroyed in the 1964 Alaska earthquake when the ground in the area sank about six feet (1.8 m), putting most of the town below high tide level.
A magnitude 7.6-7.7 earthquake struck near the coast of western Mexico on 19 September 2022. A tsunami about 1.75 m (5.7 ft) high was reported near the epicentre. [209] The tsunami was detected as far away as Ecuador, where tsunami waves as high as 12 cm (4.7 in) were observed. [210] 2023 Greenland 2023 Greenland landslide: Landslide
Dutch Harbor in Unalaska recorded waves of 0.7 m (2 ft 4 in), Massacre Bay in Attu recorded waves up to 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in) high and Sitka had waves reaching 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in). [14] At Yakutat run-ups measured 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in), while Women's Bay, Kodiak, Seward, and Juneau had recorded tsunami heights of 0.2 m (7.9 in). [14]
George Plafker is an American geologist and seismologist who has made significant contributions to both fields, with research focused on subduction, tsunami, and the geology of Alaska. Following prolonged study of the region of the 1964 Alaska earthquake , Plafker correctly concluded that the largest earthquakes are the result of fault slip at ...