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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,

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

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

3 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.

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

5 MORE SUPERCOURSE LECTURES ON DISASTERS

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