1964 Great Alaska earthquake
On the afternoon of 27 March 1964 local time a fault between the Pacific and North American plates ruptured beneath the seafloor of Prince William Sound, triggering a Pacific-wide tsunami. Waves destroyed much of the town of Kodiak and left a footprint of destruction around the sound.
- Date and time (UTC)
- 1964-03-28T03:36
- Highest recorded water height (m)
- 51.8
- Cause, as the catalogue records it
- earthquake and landslide
- Magnitude of the causing earthquake
- 9.2
- NCEI event page
- www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/1954
Category: Disasters & Incidents
Tags: earthquake, landslide, prince william sound, alaska, kodiak
Coordinates: 60.908, -147.339
Part of Tsunamis with waves of 30 metres or more since 1950
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