Episode 5 of 5

Village Found Empty

When
Date unknown
Where
Yakutat Bay, Alaska
Part of
Yakutat Bay earthquakes of 1899

The village at Yakutat was found empty, with residents camping on the hill behind the village.

When they reached Yakutat they found the place empty, and the whole village camped out on the hill behind the village. The source records this observation without dating it or stating a cause, so no connection to the earthquakes is asserted here.

Sources

  1. 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-26

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