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Fire at Valdez, Alaska. The tank fire was triggered by failure of oil storage tanks at the Union Oil tank farm. By 10:30 p.m. about 5 hours after the quake, the whole waterfront was burning furiously. Some buildings along Front Street and Standard Oil's pumping control station also caught fire. The Union Oil tank farm continued to burn for two weeks. Image Credit: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute March 28, 1964 Prince William Sound USA earthquake and tsunami The earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on the North American Continent. It was a magnitude 8.4 earthquake, felt over 500,000 square miles. This great earthquake and ensuing tsunami took 125 lives (tsunami 110, earthquake 15). Event Data:
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