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Other Discussion Boards => The Lounge => Topic started by: FlatOrange on March 27, 2013, 03:06:04 PM
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March 27, 1964 - Alaska
Today is the 49th anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake that twisted Anchorage, launched a tsunami that nearly leveled Valdez, and shook the entire 49th state.
(http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/photos/AKlandslcabin1964.jpg)
It had a magnitude of 9.2, 2nd largest in recorded history.
The quake lasted nearly 3 minutes.
Never forget.
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wow thats really fascinating
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I hear sarcasm... but maybe not. Yes, it is! 8)
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I never use sarcasm.
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Well, in that case!: "The earthquake was accompanied by vertical displacement over an area of about 520,000 square kilometers. The major area of uplift trended northeast from southern Kodiak Island to Price William Sound and trended east-west to the east of the sound. Vertical displacements ranged from about 11.5 meters of uplift to 2.3 meters of subsidence relative to sea level. Off the southwest end of Montague Island, there was absolute vertical displacement of about 13 - 15 meters. Uplift also occurred along the extreme southeast coast of Kodiak Island, Sitkalidak Island, and over part or all of Sitkinak Island. This zone of subsidence covered about 285,000 square kilometers, including the north and west parts of Prince William Sound, the west part of the Chugach Mountains, most of Kenai Peninsula, and almost all the Kodiak Island group."
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Will you make a 50th anniversary thread next year?
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If I'm alive and still active on this board.
Edit: or I'll just bump this one. The 49th anniversary is special because Alaska is the 49th state.