Arc-shaped bluff that many interpret to be evidence of landsliding during a pre-1964 earthquake of unknown age. The Frank and Maxine Reed Family Staircase at this stop was built to accommodate pedestrian traffic over a steep bluff along West Twelfth Avenue which is made discontinuous by the bluff. There was no sliding on this feature in 1964.
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Arc-shaped bluff that many interpret to be evidence of landsliding during a pre-1964 earthquake of unknown age. The Frank and Maxine Reed Family Staircase at this stop was built to accommodate pedestrian traffic over a steep bluff along West Twelfth Avenue which is made discontinuous by the bluff. There was no sliding on this feature in 1964.
![Snow covered ground with hospital, water tower and other buildings. Arrows point to main scarp areas "sliding down slope."](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/NHSlide_annotated_pic.jpg?itok=KcpGdvZ1)
Native Hospital landslide in Anchorage, showing graben and pressure ridge. The scar of an older landslide is transected by the slide of March 27. Photo lables the hospital and two areas of the main scarp on the 1964 landslide.
Native Hospital landslide in Anchorage, showing graben and pressure ridge. The scar of an older landslide is transected by the slide of March 27. Photo lables the hospital and two areas of the main scarp on the 1964 landslide.
The Four Seasons Apartments in Anchorage was a six-story lift-slab reinforced concrete building which crashed to the ground during the earthquake. The building was under construction, but structurally completed, at the time of the earthquake.
The Four Seasons Apartments in Anchorage was a six-story lift-slab reinforced concrete building which crashed to the ground during the earthquake. The building was under construction, but structurally completed, at the time of the earthquake.
![Snow covered ground label/arrows pointing to main scarp. Other labels apartment building, St. Mary’s Residence, and streets.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/StMarys_annotated_pic.jpg?itok=auuvLDej)
1964 aerial photograph of St. Mary's Residence and the nearby Four Seasons Apartment Building (#25 on map), Anchorage, Alaska. copyright: Air Photo Tech - NV5 Geospatial. Original photo was used to make annotated version.
1964 aerial photograph of St. Mary's Residence and the nearby Four Seasons Apartment Building (#25 on map), Anchorage, Alaska. copyright: Air Photo Tech - NV5 Geospatial. Original photo was used to make annotated version.
Low-level oblique aerial view of Fairweather fault. Photo taken east of North Dome, looking northwest, August 26, 1958.
Low-level oblique aerial view of Fairweather fault. Photo taken east of North Dome, looking northwest, August 26, 1958.
A raft of sea otters near Cohen Island in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Sea otters rest together in groups called rafts. A raft can generally contain 10 to 100 sea otters. You will see either all male or all female with pups rafts.
A raft of sea otters near Cohen Island in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Sea otters rest together in groups called rafts. A raft can generally contain 10 to 100 sea otters. You will see either all male or all female with pups rafts.
![Graduate student on rock looking through a spotting scope on tripod used to observe sea otters.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/EmilyReynolds_seaotterforaging1.jpeg?itok=yuaWIN9j)
Emily Reynolds, a graduate student, looks through a spotting scope. The student is watching sea otters in Kachemak Bay forage. USGS researchers spend hundreds of hours annually observing sea otter foraging behavior to document prey composition and energy recovery rates.
Emily Reynolds, a graduate student, looks through a spotting scope. The student is watching sea otters in Kachemak Bay forage. USGS researchers spend hundreds of hours annually observing sea otter foraging behavior to document prey composition and energy recovery rates.