Each wave came in with a roar, like a fast-rising tide; recession 

 ollowed each wave leaving the bay dry in Afognak Strait between Afognak 

 village) and Whale Island (Kachadoorian and Plafker, I96T). Several 

 omes and the community hall were washed out to sea; other buildings were 

 wept off their foundations and moved inland; automobiles and trucks were 

 ashed into the small lake behind the village; and the ice in the lake 

 as floated out to sea. Two bridges were washed out along the coastal 

 oad. 



Figure 126, prepared from aerial photographs, gives an idea of the 

 xtent of devastation. Kachadoorian and Plafker (196T) give the maximum 

 unup height as 1^.5 feet above MLLW (Figure 126), a value somewhat at 

 ariance from the higher estimate of 19 feet made by Berg, et al, (l96i+) 

 oon after the earthquake. Plafker and Kachadoorian (1966) estimated the 

 unup as 10.8 feet above the existing tide (Figure ko) at about 9:27 p.m. 

 arch 27, which would suggest a wave height of about 21.6 feet at that 

 ime. 



The extent of inundation outlined in Figure 126 was mapped from the 

 istribution of driftwood, debris, abraded bark and broken branches of 

 rees and brush. Greatest inundation occurred in the vicinity of the 

 irstrip and adjacent low-lying area. Because of the regional subsidence 

 f ^4.5 feet, the village is being entirely relocated to Settler Cove in 

 izhiorak Bay, Kodiak Island, where it will be naraed Port Lions (Figure 

 26 inset). The estimated cost of this operation is $8l6,000. 



Port Wakefield in Raspberry Strait, between Afognak Island and 

 aspberry Island (Figure ^O), experienced waves with periods of 8 to 10 

 inutes for 1 1/2 hours after the earthquake (Berg, et al, I96U). Then, 

 t about 11:00 p.m. a series of "erratic" tides began, reversing three 

 imes in the hour. The latter would appear to be tsunami waves arriving 

 rom Marmot Bay. The earlier and shorter waves suggest possible trans- 

 erse oscillations in a northeast-southwest direction of the water body 

 n the straits, resulting from the earth motion. 



Maximum runup of 12 feet above MLLW occurred apparently at 1:00 p.m. 

 arch 28. The King Crab processing plant was abandoned because of sub- 

 idence, and protective measures have had to be taken to buttress the 

 ackfill at the cannery dock. 



About 30 minutes after the earthquake, the water receded at Uzinki 

 n Spruce Island (Figure 127) and then returned steadily to initiate a 

 rain of waves. The third wave at 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. was apparently the 

 ighest, causing a runup of 22 feet above MLLW (Berg, et al, I96U ) . 

 igure 127, based on aerial photography (Kachadoorian and Plafker, 1967), 

 hows the extent of runup. Homes and boats, valued at $U9,800, were 

 .estroyed, and the Ouzinkie Packing Company's salmon cannery suffered 

 ■300,000 damage. 



The highest runup on the Kodiak Island coast was measured along the 

 .Imost uninhabited stretch between Cape Chiniak and Narrow Cape, and near 



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