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Former location of Valdez prior to the 1964 earthquake

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The sections of the town that were not destroyed by the 1964 earthquake were moved to the present location in 1967. 

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Valdez in 1910

The city was located here before it was partially destroyed.


Old Valdez location prior to 1964 earthquake
The city of Valdez was badly shaken but not destroyed in the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Soil liquefaction of the glacial silt that formed the city's foundation led to a massive underwater landslide, which caused a section of the city's shoreline to break off and sink into the sea. The underwater soil displacement caused a local tsunami 30 feet (9.1 m) high that traveled westward, away from the city and down Valdez Bay. Thirty-two men women and children were on the city's main freight dock to help with and watch the unloading of the SS Chena, a supply ship that came to Valdez regularly. All 32 people died as the dock collapsed into the ocean with the violent landslide. There were no deaths in the town.

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