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The scarp of the Fourth Avenue landslide in downtown Anchorage where two and one half blocks of shops, bars, and stores slowly settled until their entrances were below street level. The Fourth Avenue area showed evidence of earthquake-induced sliding before the 1964 earthquake. About 30 blocks of dwellings and commercial buildings were destroyed or severely damaged in downtown Anchorage. Damage in the City of Anchorage was approximately one-half of the total earthquake damage for the State of Alaska. 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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