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On March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m. AKST (March 28, at 3:36 a.m. UTC), [a] a fault between the Pacific and North American plates ruptured near College Fjord in Prince William Sound. The epicenter of the earthquake was 12.4 mi (20.0 km) north of Prince William Sound, 78 miles (126 km) east of Anchorage and 40 miles (64 km) west of Valdez. The focus ...
1963 Kuril Islands earthquake: 27 March 1964 17:36 (local time) Prince William Sound, Alaska: 131 9.2 M w [39] The second largest earthquake in recorded history. 1964 Alaska earthquake: 3 February 1965 19:01 (local time) Rat Islands, Alaska: 0 8.7 M w [40] One of the largest earthquake in recorded history. 1965 Rat Islands earthquake: 17 ...
The 1964 Alaska earthquake was the largest in United States history. The earthquake itself caused 15 deaths and fairly extensive damage to Anchorage, Alaska and surrounding areas. A large tsunami led to 124 further deaths. Total property damage costs were $400 million (1964 rate). To prevent cluttering only aftershocks above magnitude 6.5 will ...
In 1964, a massive 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Alaska resulted in a tsunami in Crescent City, California five hours later. The quake's epicenter was 1,600 miles from the town.
Death toll may have been a historical conflation with earthquakes on ... 1964: Prince William Sound, ... United States 1964 Alaska earthquake: 9.2–9.3 [34] 3 ...
March 27, 1964: 17:36 Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States see 1964 Alaska earthquake: 61.02 −147.65 125 9.2 M w USGS June 16, 1964: 04:01 Off northern Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan see 1964 Niigata earthquake: 38.43 139.23 26 7.5 M w USGS July 6, 1964: 07:22 UTC Guerrero, Mexico see 1964 Guerrero earthquake: 18.19 −100.51 ...
Sep. 28—Barry Glacier Prince William Sound tsunami landslide Last month, scientists noticed new movement on an unstable slope in Prince William Sound, but they're uncertain where that new ...
The earthquake was one of the most powerful ever recorded and killed 139 people. [20] Most of them were drowned by the tsunamis that tore apart the towns of Valdez and Chenega. Throughout the Prince William Sound region, towns and ports were destroyed and land was uplifted or shoved downward. The uplift destroyed salmon streams, as the fish ...