Geological hazards. Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, avalanches, landslides, floods / Геологические опасности. Землетрясения, цунами, вулканы, лавины, оползни, наводнения

During the late afternoon of Good Friday, 1964, at 17: 36 h local time, a great earthquake struck the sparsely inhabited mountainous area of northern Prince William Sound in south-central Alaska (see Fig. 1.1). Waves from the earthquake source spread through the Earth and caused serious damage over more than 20,000 square km. In the area of significant damage, or meizoseismal area, the largest city affected was Anchorage, some 130 km from the earthquake's center (see Fig. 1.2).
In the well-to-do suburb of Turnagain Heights, on a high cliff overlooking Cook Inlet, Mr. Robert B. Atwood, editor of the Anchorage Daily Times, afterwards recorded his experience.<...>