PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND EARTHQUAKE, MARCH 28, 1964

Underwater Landslides at Seward, Alaska

[LANDSLIDES] This view, taken a few months after the earthquake, is looking north along the waterfront at Seward. Note the "scalloped' shoreline left by the underwater landslides, the severed tracks in the railroad yard which dangle over the landslide scarp, and the heaps of railroad cars and other debris thrown up by the tsunami waves. This massive submarine landslide destroyed a large portion of the Seward waterfront during the quake. Photograph Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.