‘There are impressions that are seared into my brain’: Man recalls 1964 quake, tsunami in Valdez

29/03/2025 7 min
‘There are impressions that are seared into my brain’: Man recalls 1964 quake, tsunami in Valdez

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The Great Alaska Earthquake struck Alaska 61 years ago on March 27, 1964. Valdez resident Wade Huls was just 11 on that day, but remembers the events vividly.