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30 sty 2023 · On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m., the largest earthquake to be measured in North America occurred at a magnitude of 9.2, creating a tsunami that, a few hours later, left an unforgettable tract of damage and destruction along the Oregon coast.
28 mar 2020 · (Oregon Coast) – On March 27, 1964, about 5:30 p.m., it was anything but a good Friday when the infamous Good Friday quake hit Alaska. What is called a megathrust quake violently shook...
27 mar 2023 · 59 years ago today, a large earthquake struck along the southern coast of Alaska, causing widespread destruction. The resulting tsunami hit the Oregon city of Seaside especially hard.
22 mar 2022 · It and the subsequent tsunami killed 106 in Alaska, 13 in California and four in Oregon, causing over $2 billion in damage (by today's money standards). In Oregon, the highest confirmed wave...
16 cze 2014 · The disaster killed more than 100 people in Alaska, eleven people in Crescent City, California, and four children in Oregon. It caused $27 million in damage. As far away as Hawaii, a twelve-foot surge crashed over the beach.
27 mar 2023 · Friday, March 27th, 1964 was a warm, sunny day on the North Oregon Coast. Anyone listening to the radio or watching TV around 7 p.m. that night had the normal programming interrupted by breaking news of a very large and destructive earthquake along the south coast of Alaska.
10 kwi 2011 · The Cannon Beach History Center recorded Bill Steidel’s story of the tsunami of 1964 in a 1995 oral history, and over 15 of the center’s 140 oral histories mention the event in some way. The tsunami was triggered by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska, and waves as high as 27 feet hit the Pacific Northwest coastline.
