The waves generated by the underwater slide hit the Seward waterfront in less than 2 minutes after the onset of the earthquake, and killed 8 people. The animation shows an initial depression of the water surface close to the shoreline, and then the wave crest forming in the same area and inundating the Seward waterfront.

The 1964 earthquake triggered multiple landslides in Resurrection Bay. At the beginning of the animation, the dark brown patches indicate initial locations of unstable material that started moving down the slopes as a result of strong ground shaking. Eventually, the slide material reached the deep flat depression in the middle of the bay and filled it completely.

Multiple underwater slides generated a complex wave pattern in Resurrection Bay. In the close-up view of the upper bay at about 1 minute 40 seconds, it is visible that the 3 wave crests coming from different directions add together in the vicinity of Seward waterfront.