In spring of 1946, five men stationed at the Scotch Cap lighthouse had reasons to be happy. World War II was over. They had survived. Their lonely Coast Guard assignment on Unimak Island would be over ...
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Watch the sea pull back - then a 138-foot wave erases this lighthouse
A massive earthquake struck off Alaska in the dark of night, but the sea around Scotch Cap seemed calm at first. Then a towering tsunami—estimated at 138 feet—raced into the remote lighthouse and ...
At 1:30 AM on April 1, 1946, an estimated 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Less than an hour later, a massive tsunami believed to have reached 138 feet slammed into ...
Scotch Cap lighthouse two months before the tsunami of April 1, 1946. The lighthouse was a few miles from the epicenter on Unimak Island, Alaska. (Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) In spring of 1946, five ...
In the spring of 1946, five men stationed at the Scotch Cap lighthouse had reasons to be happy. World War II was over. They had survived. Their lonely Coast Guard assignment on Unimak Island would be ...
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