What you see in this video is a simulation of the 1964 Alaska earthquake. Look at the powerful earthquake’s waves spreading through southern Alaska. It’s frightning!
Although scientists had thoroughly documented the shocking devastation from the Great Alaska earthquake, the actual spread of the seismic waves throughout the region wasn’t well understood. Read the abstract from SSA 2014 here.
Well now we really understand why we don’t want something similar happening again! Wow!