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A destructive tsunami, triggered by the huge Alaska earthquake of March 1964, struck the west coast of Vancouver Island. The first wave arrived in Port Alberni about six hours after the earthquake, and four more major waves arrived over the next seven hours. Some homes were inundated, whereas others floated off of their foundations into Alberni Inlet!

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