Alaskan Earthquakes & Tsunamis
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The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunamis—A Modern Perspective and Enduring LegaciesBrocher, T.M., Filson, J.R., Fuis, G.S., Haeussler, P.J., Holzer, T.L., Plafker, G., and Blair, J.L., 2014, The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and tsunamis—A modern perspective and enduring legacies: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014–3018, 6 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20143018.
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AEIC Alaska Earthquake Information CenterThe Center provides earthquake information derived from an expansive network of seismic monitoring stations. The center is housed at the Geophysical Institute on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Giant Waves in Lituya Bay, AlaskaBy Don J. Miller, Shorter Contributions to General Geology, Geological Survey Professional Paper 354-C (1960)
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M9.2 Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964A USGS resource
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Preliminary Hydrodynamic Analysis of Landslide-Generated Waves in Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, AlaskaBy Eric L. Geist, Matthias Jakob, Gerald F. Wieczorek and Peter Dartnell ; Open-File Report 03-411 (2003) USGS
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Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery of Alaska tsunamiBy Michael Casey Published February 03, 2016 FoxNews.com
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Seismic Seiches From the March 1964 Alaska EarthquakeMcGarr, A., and Vorhis, R.C., 1968, Seismic seiches from the March 1964 Alaska earthquake: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 544–E, 43 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000, https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0544e/.
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Tsunami Historical Series: Alaska - 1964Science on a Sphere NOAA
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World's Biggest Tsunami: The largest recorded tsunami was a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay, AlaskaA Geology.com (commercial website) resource. While exceptionally tall, this tsunami was not the largest in terms of damage or loss of life.
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