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This view, taken a few months after the earthquake, is looking north along the waterfront at Seward. Note the 'scalloped' shoreline left by the underwater landslides, the severed tracks in the railroad yard which dangle over the landslide scarp and the heaps of railroad cars and other debris thrown up by the tsunami waves. This massive submarine landslide destroyed a large portion of the Seward waterfront during the quake. Image Credit: U.S. Geological Survey March 28, 1964 Prince William Sound USA earthquake and tsunami The earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on the North American Continent. It was a magnitude 8.4 earthquake, felt over 500,000 square miles. This great earthquake and ensuing tsunami took 125 lives (tsunami 110, earthquake 15). Event Data:
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