Port Alberni
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Port Alberni is a city located on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The city lies within the Alberni Valley at the head of the Alberni Inlet, Vancouver Island's longest inl
Aerial view of Port Alberni
Damage to Bank of Montreal in Port Alberni by the 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake.
Head of the inlet
Martin Mars Water Bomber
1964 Alaska earthquake
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The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures,
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…radio station CJAV. The Alberni Athletics were inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. In 1964, Port Alberni was hit by a tsunami during the Good Friday earthquake. The water rose about 30 cm (1 ft) in a minute reaching 3 m (10 ft) above the high-water mark. About 375 homes were damaged and 55 were washed away…
Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, looking east from near C Street. The southern edge of one of several landslides in Anchorage, this one covered an area of over a dozen blocks, including five blocks along the north side of Fourth Avenue. Most of the area was razed and made an urban renewal district.
The largest landslide in Anchorage occurred along Knik Arm between Point Woronzof and Fish Creek, causing substantial damage to numerous homes in the Turnagain-By-The-Sea subdivision.
The ruin of Portage
A plank driven through a tire by the tsunami in Whittier