Monday, March 27, 2006
This Day in History
On this day in 1965 (Good Friday), south central Alaska was rocked by a great earthquake (Richter scale 8.3-8.5) releasing over twice the energy of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was felt on land over an area of almost 1,300,000 sq km. The death toll was only 131 (because so few people live in Alaska), but property damage was very high. The earthquake tilted an area of at least 120,000 sq km. Some landmasses were thrust up locally as high as 25 m; elsewhere land sank as much as 2.5 metres. Extensive coastal damage resulted from submarine landslides and tsunamis. Tsunami damage reached Crescent City, Calif. Tens of thousands of aftershocks indicated that the region of faulting extended about 1,000 km.
(h/t Today in Science History)
(h/t Today in Science History)
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:05 AM 
