{"669078":{"#nid":"669078","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"\u2018Folks in Alaska should take this seriously.\u2019 Anchorage not safe from tsunamis, study finds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn a cold March evening in 1964, a colossal earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska. At magnitude 9.2, it was the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America, and it triggered massive tsunamis that killed more than 120 people and leveled communities. But no wave reached Anchorage, the state\u2019s biggest city. Many concluded that nearby geography makes the city immune to tsunamis. A new study published this week by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), however, finds\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14509\/31018\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAnchorage simply got lucky in 1964\u003C\/a\u003E\u2014and might not the next time an earthquake strikes the seismically active region. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/fritz-dr-hermann\u0022\u003EHermann Fritz\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EOcean Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, did not work on the study but is quoted in this article.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn a cold March evening in 1964, a colossal earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska. At magnitude 9.2, it was the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America, and it triggered massive tsunamis that killed more than 120 people and leveled communities. But no wave reached Anchorage, the state\u2019s biggest city. Many concluded that nearby geography makes the city immune to tsunamis. A new study published this week by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), however, finds\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14509\/31018\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAnchorage simply got lucky in 1964\u003C\/a\u003E\u2014and might not the next time an earthquake strikes the seismically active region. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/fritz-dr-hermann\u0022\u003EHermann Fritz\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EOcean Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, did not work on the study but is quoted in this article.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-08-21 16:28:18","changed_gmt":"2023-08-21 16:28:18","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Science","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/folks-alaska-should-take-seriously-anchorage-not-safe-tsunamis-study-finds","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"188230","name":"Ocean Science and Engineering (OSE)"},{"id":"167864","name":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"},{"id":"144881","name":"hermann fritz"},{"id":"176512","name":"tsunamis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}