New interactive tsunami map helps Alaska communities prepare for the worst

Tsunami damage along the Kodiak waterfront after the 1964 Alaska earthquake. (United States Geological Survey)
The Alaska Earthquake Center has launched an interactive map to help coastal communities prepare for dangerous tsunamis.
Alaska’s large earthquakes and coastal geography make the state especially vulnerable to tsunamis. In 1964, it was tsunamis rather than shaking that caused most of the deaths from the Good Friday earthquake.
Elisabeth Nadin is a project coordinator for the haza