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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...
30 sty 2023 · Among the only tsunami deaths in Oregon were Louie, Bobby, Ricky, and Tammy McKenzie (ages 8, 7, 6, and 3). Sadly, only Bobby's body was recovered from the sea. This photo from the Lincoln County Historical Society in Newport shows debris on the beach near Waldport, on the central Oregon coast, the day after the storm.
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.
24 mar 2014 · Fifty years ago, here at Beverly Beach, on a star-lit night, the McKenzie family, from Tacoma, was camping in a lean-to. A tsunami took away their children. A magnitude nine quake off Alaska in 1964 generated a series of waves that grew dramatically higher as they reached the coast four hours later.
16 cze 2014 · The Great Tsunami of 1964. The 50th Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest takes place on June 21, commemorating one of Oregon’s worst natural disasters. On the evening of March 27, 1964, the most destructive tsunami to hit the United States was brewing off the Alaskan Coast.
22 lip 2015 · Tsunami damage from the 1964 Good Friday Quake. Note the pieces of bridge and the small white house in the background. Those who were heading for high ground via the Ecola Creek Bridge were shocked to find that it was gone.
22 mar 2022 · 1964 Tsunami Part 2: Tragedy, Destruction Hits Central Oregon Coast What happened in Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, Waldport, Yachats. History, geology, sciences
