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Native America Calling: The Great Alaska Earthquake 60 years later
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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The Great Alaska Earthquake 60 years later
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck 75 miles south of Anchorage in March 1964.

More than 130 people lost their lives in the temblor and the subsequent tsunamis. The state’s largest city endured major damage to buildings, property, and infrastructure. Kodiak, Seward, Valdez, and the Native village of Chenega were among the places severely damaged and even outright destroyed by rising waters.

The event forever changed how Alaska monitors and prepares for dangerous seismic threats.

Chenega Corporation: Chenega History

Guests on Native America Calling
Gary Watson (member of the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak), board member of the Kodiak Area Native Association

Fred Christoffersen (member of the Valdez Native Tribe), elder

Christina “Tina” Hoen (member of Lesnoi Village), Kodiak resident

Mike West, state seismologist for Alaska, director of Alaska Earthquake Center

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