
doi: 10.4231/d3c824f5z
The devastating landslides that accompanied the great 1964 Alaska earthquake showed that seismically triggered landslides are one of the greatest geologic hazards in Anchorage. Maps quantifying seismic landslide hazards are therefore important for planning, zoning, and emergency-response preparation. In response to this need, the USGS recently published maps that portray seismic landslide hazards in Anchorage for the two conditions that pose the greatest risk in this area: (1) deep, translational landsliding that occurs on sub-horizontal shear surfaces; and (2) shallower landsliding that occurs on more steeply dipping basal shear surfaces. The deep, translational landslides in 1964 were responsible for devastating damage in downtown Anchorage and nearby residential areas such as Turnagain Heights and Government Hill; these landslides appear to occur only during great subduction-zone earthquakes that have return periods of 300-900 yr. Hazard zones for deep, translational landslides were delineated based on (1) the presence of geologic conditions conducive to deep landsliding, (2) results of previous studies of such landslides, and (3) field observations of locations of past deep landslides. Shallower landslides in 1964 occurred along steep bluffs and caused serious damage to railroads and other infrastructure. Shallow-landslide hazards were delineated using a Newmark-type displacement analysis for two probabilistic ground motions: (1) a peak ground acceleration (PGA) of 0.69 g, which has a return period of 2,475 yr, or a 2% probability of exceedance in 50 yr; and (2) a PGA of 0.43 g, which has a return period of 475 yr, or a 10% probability of exceedance in 50 yr. Resulting maps thus simultaneously portray hazards from two different types of landslides in multiple ground-motion conditions.
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