Re: 50 Years Later: Remembering the Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of 1964
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 3/25/2014, 10:23 pm
I didn't realize it had generated a tsunami that high locally. I knew of a large landslide that once created a massive wave:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_megatsunami

I was wondering if the largest height of the 1964 tsunami was also due to a landslide, but maybe this particular earthquake had enough uplift which might fully explain it.

http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/alaska/1964/webpages/1964valdez.html
http://www.livescience.com/13176-history-biggest-tsunamis-earthquakes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake
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