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III-IV
V
Fairbanks
Alaska
VII
Ancorage Epicentre
Kodiak
VI
VIII–X
Prince William Sound
Juneau
200 km
The shape of Alaska and the location of the 1964 earthquake near the largest settlement, Anchorage. The map shows the centre of the earthquake and the various zones that were affected by it. The numbers refer to earthquake intensity (how much damage was done). The intensity scale is given on page 11.
(Above) Closeup of Government Hill elementary school, which was destroyed by the Government Hill landslide at Anchorage, Alaska.
(Left) Houses collapsed in a zone of rifting.
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