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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 Anchorage...
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 mar 2022 · With this mind, this week Oregon Coast Beach Connection begins a special three-part retrospective on the tsunami in 1964, beginning with the south coast.
27 mar 2011 · A tsunami struck the Oregon coast on Friday evening, March 27, 1964 following the great Alaskan earthquake, the second largest earthquake ever recorded and largest ever recorded in North America.
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.
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.
