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Editorial| March 01, 2014
Michael E. West;
Michael E. West
a
Alaska Earthquake Center
,
Geophysical Institute
,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
,
903 Koyukuk Drive
,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 U.S.A.
mewest@alaska.edu
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Peter J. Haeussler;
Peter J. Haeussler
b
Alaska Science Center
,
U.S. Geological Survey
,
4210 University Drive
,
Anchorage, Alaska 99508 U.S.A.
pheuslr@usgs.gov
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Natalia A. Ruppert;
Natalia A. Ruppert
c
Alaska Earthquake Center
,
Geophysical Institute
,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
,
903 Koyukuk Drive
,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 U.S.A.
natasha@giseis.alaska.edu
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Jeffrey T. Freymueller;
Jeffrey T. Freymueller
d
Alaska Volcano Observatory
,
Geophysical Institute
,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
,
903 Koyukuk Drive
,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 U.S.A.
jeff.freymueller@gi.alaska.edu
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Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission
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Author and Article Information
Michael E. West
a
Alaska Earthquake Center
,
Geophysical Institute
,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
,
903 Koyukuk Drive
,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 U.S.A.
mewest@alaska.edu
Peter J. Haeussler
b
Alaska Science Center
,
U.S. Geological Survey
,
4210 University Drive
,
Anchorage, Alaska 99508 U.S.A.
pheuslr@usgs.gov
Natalia A. Ruppert
c
Alaska Earthquake Center
,
Geophysical Institute
,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
,
903 Koyukuk Drive
,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 U.S.A.
natasha@giseis.alaska.edu
Jeffrey T. Freymueller
d
Alaska Volcano Observatory
,
Geophysical Institute
,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
,
903 Koyukuk Drive
,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 U.S.A.
jeff.freymueller@gi.alaska.edu
Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
First Online: 14 Jul 2017
Online ISSN: 1938-2057
Print ISSN: 0895-0695
© 2014 by the Seismological Society of America
Seismological Research Letters (2014) 85 (2): 245–251.
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Michael E. West, Peter J. Haeussler, Natalia A. Ruppert, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission; Why the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Matters 50 Years Later. Seismological Research Letters 2014;; 85 (2): 245–251. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220140020
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Spring was returning to Alaska on Friday 27 March 1964. A two‐week cold snap had just ended, and people were getting ready for the Easter weekend. At 5:36p.m., an earthquake initiated 12km beneath Prince William Sound, near the eastern end of what is now recognized as the Alaska‐Aleutian subduction zone. No one was expecting this earthquake that would radically alter the coastal landscape, influence the direction of science, and indelibly mark the growth of a burgeoning state.
Over the next five minutes, it ruptured up‐dip and 700km southwest along the subduction zone toward Kodiak Island (Fig.1...
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- Alaska
- Alaska earthquake 1964
- damage
- earthquakes
- floods
- geologic hazards
- natural hazards
- risk assessment
- rupture
- seismic risk
- seismicity
- subduction zones
- tsunamis
- United States
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- N51°00'00" - N72°00'00", W130°00'00" - E173°00'00"
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