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What Shifted?
At 5:36 PM, the earth exploded. With a force equal
to 250 million tons of TNT, more than 100,000 square
miles of the earth's surface heaved upward or dropped
downward on either side of a fault plane.
In Kachemak Bay, five earth-altering minutes changed
the economic destiny of two communities forever. Seldovia
sank. Most waterfront canneries were demolished by
"urban removal" as one resident remarked.
Though many canneries promised to re-build, most closed
or moved away. Pre-quake, Seldovia was the center
of commercial fishing in Kachemak Bay. Post-quake,
Homer became the center of commerce.
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