MikeDunnAuthorToday In Labor History March 27, 1964: The magnitude of 9.2 Good Friday earthquake struck Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. It was the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history. 600 miles of fault fractured at once, moved up to 60 feet and released 500 years of pent-up stress. 200 miles away, in Kodiak, some areas were permanently raised 30 feet. Parts of Anchorage dropped by 8 feet. The quake generated tsunamis that wiped out many small Alaskan villages, and others that damaged Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii and Japan. In Hawaii, a 12.5-foot tsunami hit Hilo, causing relatively minor damage. However, just 4 years prior, the great Chilean Quake of 1960 (9.5 magnitude) generated a tsunami that destroyed much of Hilo and killed 61 people. And on April 1, 1946, an 8.6 quake in Alaska caused Hawaii’s worst ever tsunami (some waves were over 50 feet high), killing over 160 in Hilo. A 100-foot tsunami wiped out a village in Alaska.
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