 | Ruptured Fuel Tank and Landslides, 1964
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Government Hill Elementary School in Anchorage which was destroyed by the Government Hill landslide.
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A wooden fence which lay athwart the toe of the L Street landslide in Anchorage was buckled and shortened by compression.
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Compressional buckle, the ruptured fuel tank and the revetment at the foot of the landslide near the Alaska Native Hospital in Anchorage.
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This truck at Lowell Point, 2 miles from Seward, was bent around a tree by the surge waves generated by the underwater landslides along the Seward waterfront. The truck was about 32 feet above water level at the time of the earthquake.
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An underwater landslide in Blackstone Bay produced a large wave which surged to points 80 feet above sea level. The trees in the photo are about 50 to 75 feet high.
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