Theb Great 1964 Alaska Earthquarke
Introduction
The Prince William Sound region in Alaska went down in North American books of history on March 27, 1964 for experiencing a fatal earthquake. The magnitude of the earthquake rated on various scales, but the moment magnitude rated it at 9.2mm. The epicenter was located approximately 10km to the east of college Fiord, Valdez 90km to the west of the epicenter and anchorage 120 Km to the east as fig 1.1 shows. The bearing of the epicenter was Lat. 61.04N, Long. 147.73W with an estimated depth of 25KM (American Society of Civil Engineers & Schiff 1991). At the time ...