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Field Trip Guide: The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami--Consequences of Living on the Leading Edge in Alaska
Robert Witter (ANGLE Project)
This is a guide to a field trip that visits sites in Anchorage, Girdwood, and Whittier Alaska. The focus of the trip is the understand the science and societal impacts of the 1964 Alaska Mag 9.2 earthquake as well as the ongoing EarthScope research on geohazards to help us better plan for future events. Participants practice a tsunami evacuation walk as way to foster discussion of preparedness actions and challenges.

Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations, Lecture
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Informal, General Public
Subject: Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Natural Hazards, Mitigation and Preparedness, Tectonics, Geodesy, Engineering, Geoscience
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
Special Interest: Field-Based Teaching and Learning, Hazards, Quantitative
Quantitative Skills: Graphs