These stumps above sea level once again, demonstrating Tectonic uplift of 9 feet during the earthquake raised Submerged below sea level and buried in prehistoric times.

On Latouche island, Prince William Sound, that was The stumps in the foreground are part of an ancient forest Land in this area rose about 8 feet during the earthquake,Īnd the dock can now be used only at extremely high tides. Uplifted dock on Hinchinbrook Island, Prince William Sound. Surface was lifted above the high tide during the earthquake. The whiteĬoating consists of the remains of calcareous marine Was below sea level before the earthquake. Which lies between the cliffs and the water is about a Slopping flat rocky surface with the white coating Prince William Sound, in the area of greatest recorded Uplifted sea floor at Cape Cleare, Montague Island, Heaps of railroad cars and other debris thrown up by the Which dangle over the landslide scarp and the windrow-like Underwater landslides that severed tracks in the railroad yard Note the 'scalloped' shoreline left by the The waterfront at Seward a few months after the earthquake, Was destroyed by the Government Hill landslide. Landslide and slumping effects in the Turnagain Heights area, Anchorage, Alaska, caused by the March 28, 1964, earthquake.Ĭlose-up of Government Hill elementary school, which

Penney Building, 5th Avenue and Downing Street, Anchorage, Alaska, partly collapsed by the Maearthquake.

Alaska quake epicenter