Good Friday Earthquake records, 1964.

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Good Friday Earthquake records, 1964.

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Materials in the collection include correspondence, maps, photos, clippings, and memorabilia related to the 1964 Alaska (Good Friday) Earthquake kept as files of Standard Oil of California, Western Operations, Inc. (SOCAL-WOI). Correspondence included: William F. Barbat - Chief Geologist, WOI, San Francisco; W.L. Blair - WOI, San Francisco; Sam Bowlby - Shell Oil Company, Los Angeles; Ed Dobrick - WOI; William A. Egan - Governor of Alaska; L.E. Hunt - Seattle, WOI; R.W. Johnson - Accounting , WOI, San Francisco; Chuck Kerschner - Geologist, Alaska Exploration Division, WOI; B.W. Packard - San Francisco; Edwin S. Parker - Superintendent, Alaska Exploration Division, WOI; A.R. Timmons - Chairman, Alaska Emergency Coordinating Committee, Seattle, WOI; Stan Totten - Vice President, Exploration, WOI; Howard G. Vesper - President, Standard Oil Company of California.

.25 linear ft. (3 folders)

Alaska State Library

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On March 27, 1964, at approximately 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, the "Good Friday" Earthquake (also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake) shook all of Southcentral Alaska. The quake's epicenter was 80 miles east of Anchorage in Prince William Sound. The quake's magnitude was originally recorded between 8.4 and 8.6 on the Richter scale, but later upgraded to 9.2. The earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America. It was the second largest earthquake ever recorded, ...