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KF5JRV > TODAY 27.03.19 11:40z 24 Lines 1155 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Today in History - Mar 27
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Sent: 190327/1134Z 33469@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA BPQ6.0.18
The strongest earthquake in American history, measuring 9.2 on the
Richter scale, slams southern Alaska, creating a deadly tsunami. Some
131 people were killed and thousands injured.
The massive 1964 earthquake had its epicenter about 12 miles north of Prince
William Sound. Approximately 300,000 square miles of U.S., Canadian, and
international territory were affected. Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city,
sustained the most property damage, with about 30 blocks of dwellings
and commercial buildings damaged or destroyed in the downtown area.
Fifteen people were killed or fatally injured as a direct result of the
three-minute quake, and then the ensuing tsunami killed another 110
people. The tidal wave, which measured over 100 feet at points,
devastated towns along the Gulf of Alaska and caused carnage in British
Columbia, Canada; Hawaii; and the West Coast of the United States, where
15 people died. Total property damage was estimated in excess of $400
million. The day after the quake, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared
Alaska an official disaster area.
73 de Scott KF5JRV
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