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LARGE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF ALASKA COAST A REMINDER OF THE FEBRUARY 1964 MEGAQUAKE Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

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TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED A tsunami warning, which was cancelled within a few hours, was issued for the coastal areas of British Columbia from the north tip of Vancouver Island to Cape Suckling.

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LARGE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF ALASKA COASTA REMINDER OF THE FEBRUARY 1964 MEGAQUAKE Walter Hays, Global Alliance

for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

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BACKGROUNDThe quake, which had a depth of 10 km (6 miles), occurred on Friday, January 4th at 11:58 pm local time

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TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUEDA tsunami warning, which was

cancelled within a few hours, was issued for the coastal areas of British Columbia from the north tip of Vancouver Island to Cape Suckling.

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TSUNAMI SUPERCOURSE LECTURES

http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/disasters/disasters.htm#TSUNAMI

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