01-02-2016 21:44 via seattletimes.com

Researchers find source of 1964 devastating Alaska tsunami

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal scientists say they’ve pinpointed the cause of tsunami waves that destroyed an Alaska village following the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, the second-largest ever recorded, at magnitude 9.2. The U.S. Geological Survey says undersea landslides in water up to 1,150 feet deep triggered a tsunami that killed 23 people in the […]
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