Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, looking east from near Barrow Street. The southern edge of one of several landslides in Anchorage, this one covered an area of over a dozen blocks, including five blocks along the north side of Fourth Avenue. Most of the area was razed and made an urban renewal district. By U.S. Army - http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/show_picture.cgi?ID=ID.%20Alaska%20Earthquake%20no.%20144, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3901124
Today In #LaborHistory 3/27/1964: 9.2 #earthquake in #Alaska, killed 125. Most powerful ever recorded in North America. #tsunamis wiped out small Alaskan villages, damaged Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii and Japan. Chilean Quake of 1960 (9.5), largest ever recorded #workingclass #hawaii