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Damage to the railroad facilities at Seward Port. Rails were stripped from the railroad ties by the tsunami. Most of the Alaska Railroad dock was washed away by the waves. The railroad also lost two cranes and its waterfront trackage. Note also the damaged oil storage tanks due to fire. The first fire erupted almost immediately after the earthquake began when a tank collapsed at the Standard Oil tank farm. The Texaco installation burned for several days. Image Credit: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center 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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