Earthquakes witness to disaster / [electronic resource] :
Judy & Dennis Fradin.
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011.
- 1 online resource : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps.
- Witness to disaster .
- Fradin, Judith Bloom. Witness to disaster. .
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The ground would not stop shaking" : Alaska, 1964 -- "As if a giant foot had stepped on it" : Why does the earth quake? -- "The heart of this old earth was broken" : famous earthquakes -- "Only a matter of time" : predicting and preparing for earthquakes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further reading and research -- Interviews by the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Describes the earthquake in Alaska in 1964 as told by eyewitness accounts of this disaster.