Sixty years ago, in the middle of the night on March 27, 1964, Port Alberni was hit with a tidal wave—what we now call a tsunami. It was Good Friday, and most people were asleep. The wave—actually a series of three waves—were a result of an earthquake off the coast of Alaska that measured 8.5 on the Richter scale.
Mar 27, 2024
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Aug 20, 2018 · The 9.2 magnitude earthquake had a depth of 25 kilometers, lasted 4 minutes and 38 seconds and killed nearly 131 people. Many houses, buildings ...
On March 27th, 1964 the strongest earthquake to ever hit North America occurred in Anchorage, Alaska. It became known as the “Great Alaskan Earthquake” and ...
Monday marks the 59th anniversary of a devastating tsunami that crashed through a Vancouver Island community.
In total, the tsunami washed away away 55 homes and damaged 375 others. It caused $5 million in damage in Port Alberni and Alberni. The mill at Port Alberni, ...
Port Alberni was swamped with larger waves than elsewhere in British Columbia because of its location at the head of a narrow inlet that funnelled the tsunami ...
Mar 27, 2024 · “Well, the most spectacular thing about the tsunami here in '64 was that no one died and no one was even seriously injured,” said Ken Watson, ...
The tsunami travel time to Port Alberni was 4.1 hrs. The twin cities of Alberni and Port Alberni are situated at the head of a 35 mile long inlet on the west ...
It has a coastal geometry that amplifies and funnels tsunami energy further inland resulting in more severe run up effects.The 20m inundation zone used in ...