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Throughout the country, state parks, historic sites, homes, buildings, museums, and similar institutions are struggling to continue operating. Because of general financial problems, many of these institutions are operating on a reduced schedule or in danger of closing. Some are being forced to sell off artifacts and property. Many will not weather these hard times without your help. Places Earth urges everyone to support these vital and important public resources any way you can. Please donate your treasure, time, and talent. Write to your governor and other elected officials telling them to find a way to keep state parks open. It will be your loss. Public Service Announcement | Test space for future ad if donations don't increase. |
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Earthquake Park
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2003 - 2012.|
On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, at 5:36 P.M. AST, Alaska was rocked by the second biggest earthquake ever recorded on Earth. The Alaska Earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake and the Good Friday Earthquake, was felt
throughout Alaska and western Canada, and sometimes further, but was worst in south-central Alaska. The four to five minute quake was centered near the mouth of College Fjord in Prince William Sound and had a magnitude of 9.2. The Alaskan quake was the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American history, and second in world hisotry only to a quake in South America in 1960. A fault between the Pacific and North American plates ruptured at a depth of approximately 15.5 miles. The Pacific plate is subducting under the North American plate in a subduction zone referred to as the Aleutian-Alaska megathrust zone. Tsunamies rolled across the Pacific Ocean and had some effect world wide. One hundred, thirty-one people died in the quake and the Tsunamies. Many areas of Alaska saw large geographical changes. Harbors were high and dry. Homes were underwater. Landslides occurred throughout the region. Buildings collapsed and towns disappeared. Highways and towns had to be moved to higher ground. Although 40 years have hidden the scars, Earthquake Park is a monument to one section of the Anchorage coast where a large vertical drop destroyed a neighborhood. Liquefaction occurs when the shaking causes saturated subsoils to rearrange and separate from the water and sink. This is what happened in what is now Earthquake Park. 4306 West Northern Lights Boulevard Anchorage, AK 99517 (907) 694-0819 Open Hours: 6am-11pm daily. |
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| Approaching from the parking lot. | |
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| One of several educational obelisks, "Measuring the Magnitude of Damage". | |
 Educational wall. |
 Overlook. |
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| This land dropped many feet bringing the neighborhood with it. | |
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 Trees on the earthquake created slope. |
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This page last updated: Wednesday, 27-Jan-2010 02:16:27 EST
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