- There were 131 deaths
- 15 died during the Earthquake and the rest died from tsunamis and landslides afterwards
- Village of Chenega lost majority of its population
- Coastal Forest sank and destroyed because of saltwater
- Aftershocks of 6.2 magnitude or greater
- 300 million dollars of damage along the west coast from Alaska to Los Angeles
- Months of Geological observations and research on why it happened
- Geologist George Plafker, due to newly forming theory of plate tectonics at that time, realized one plate was being pushed under another
- Earthquake triggered tsunamis that hit the coast of California, Oregon, and Hawaii which killed a total of 16 people (4-Oregon, 12 California)
- Largest infrastructure and population center of the state
- USGS Earthquake hazard Program, NOAA Tsunami warning center, Advanced National Seismic System, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
- Town of Valdez moved due to learned instability of fault ground
- Thousands of after shocks for the next three weeks after the earthquake