Today marks the anniversary of the March 1964 "Good Friday" earthquake; rated a magnitude 9.2 event, it was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. The massive earthquake in Alaska created an equally massive tsunami, which was measured up to 220 feet high. 122 people were killed by the tsunami in California, Oregon, and beyond throughout the Pacific basin. Damage from the tsunami was seen in Hawaii although no one lost their life there from this event. USGS produced this interesting video

This is an earthquake story from 1964, I was 6 years old, and some mom's to be were in the hospital on Elmendorf AFB next to Anchorage having babies. This gal... ~Valerie Horn Herbert~ ...was born during the big earthquake in 1964 It's really a cute story that I copied from the 1964 Alaska earthquake Facebook site. In her own words: "Thought I would share my story after hearing of a baby that was born after the earthquake..." (She's referring to the 2018 quake) "..I was born on base in Anchorage