Great Alaska Earthquake (1964)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Alaska_Earthquake_(1964)
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Anchorage
gptkb:Kodiak
gptkb:Seward
gptkb:Valdez
gptkb:Chenega
gptkb:Whittier
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Good_Friday_Earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 9.2
gptkbp:borders gptkb:North_American_Plate
gptkb:Pacific_Plate
gptkbp:casualties 131
gptkbp:cause subsidence
landslides
infrastructure damage
uplift
fires
liquefaction
ground fissures
tsunami damage in Hawaii
railroad damage
harbor damage
oil storage tank fires
tsunami damage in British Columbia
tsunami damage in Crescent City, California
tsunami damage in Japan
gptkbp:date 1964-03-27
gptkbp:destroyedBy $311 million (1964 USD)
gptkbp:duration 4.5 minutes
gptkbp:emergencyServices Federal Disaster Assistance
gptkbp:feltIn gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:California
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Oregon
gptkb:Texas
gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:followedBy aftershocks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Alaska Earthquake (1964)
gptkbp:largestEarthquakeInUSHistory true
gptkbp:location Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
gptkbp:maximumDepth 25 km
gptkbp:precededBy foreshocks
gptkbp:president gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:secondLargestEarthquakeWorldwide true
gptkbp:tsunami yes
67 meters (Chenega)
gptkbp:type megathrust earthquake
gptkbp:USGSEventID alaska1964
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anchorage,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7