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More history: In 1964, an 9.2 earthquake in Alaska caused tsunamis along the outer coast of Vancouver Island. Port Alberni, at the end of the 25 mile long Albe
by fraserharris 10y ago
More history: In 1964, an 9.2 earthquake in Alaska caused tsunamis along the outer coast of Vancouver Island. Port Alberni, at the end of the 25 mile long Alberni Inlet, was the largest and worst hit settlement, with a loss of 55 homes. Thankfully the extremely damaging tsunami was precede an hour earlier by a smaller one that resulted in an evacuation of that town. No loss of life.
More details: http://www.vancouversun.com/This+Week+History+Huge+earthquake+tsunami+that+devastated+Port+Alberni+with+video/9675358/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/This+Week+History+Huge+earthquak...
Google Map of Port Alberni & the Alberni Inlet (it's shockingly far inland): https://www.google.com/maps/place/Port+Alberni,+BC,+Canada/@49.0439702,-125.1111594,9z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488f736da4419cf:0x817061c0a3b9856d!8m2!3d49.2338882!4d-124.8055494?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Port+Alberni,+BC,+Canada/@...