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A tsunami from the 1964 Alaska earthquake destroyed parts of Crescent City, California.
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Is it true that a tsunami from the 1964 Alaska earthquake destroyed parts of Crescent City, California?
Yes. Multiple independent sources, including a peer-reviewed 40-year retrospective and a 1964 engineering survey, report that the March 1964 Alaska earthquake tsunami struck Crescent City and destroyed much of the city, with thirty blocks inundated and nearly 300 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed.
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Crescent City, California. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_City,_California
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TSUNAMI DAMAGE AT KODIAK, ALASKA, AND CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA, FROM ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE OF 27 MARCH 1964. (1964). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.21236/ad0455763
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The 1964 Tsunami in Crescent City, California: A 40-Year Retrospective. (2005). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1061/40774(176)64
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Center, D. T. I. (1964). DTIC AD0455763: TSUNAMI DAMAGE AT KODIAK, ALASKA, AND CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA, FROM ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE OF 27 MARCH 1964. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD0455763
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W., H. G. (1969). The tsunami of the Alaska earthquake, 1964: Engineering evaluation [Book Review]. authors.library.caltech.edu. https://authors.library.caltech.edu/records/pfb1k-aj460
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Benchmarking, Validation and Calibration of Newly-Developed HAZUS Tsunami Methodology. (2014). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.4231/d31834329
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