On , the sea floor ruptured just south of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands Seawater displaced by the giant earthquake sent a 100foot wave into the Scotch Cape lighthouse on Unimak, destroying the concrete structure and killing the five men inside They never knew what hit them in the 2 am darkness On april fools day in 1946 an earthquake off the coast of the aleutian islands in alaska spawned a series of waves known as a tsunami The april 1 aleutian island earthquake tsunami that killed 159 people on hawaii and five in alaska (the lighthouse keepers Get started for FREE Continue Prezi The Science;
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