Tsunami damage, Kodiak, Alaska
![Nine cars, two trucks and 2 large fishing boats washed up along the shoreline after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/18_earthquake1964.jpg?itok=Z6fdx77S)
Detailed Description
Close-up view of tsunami damage along the waterfront at Kodiak, Alaska. A series of large tsunami waves were generated by sudden uplift of the sea floor beneath the continental shelf off south-central Alaska during the 1964 earthquake. The uplift "mounded" the overlying water, initiating a vertical oscillation of the water surface that dissipated as a series of radiating surface waves that struck the Alaskan coast at intervals of about 3/4 to 1 1/2 hours for about 10 hours after the 1964 earthquake.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
USGS