Alaska earthquake WARNING: How geologists uncovered ‘scientific mystery of century’

However, two geologists may have been able to prevent such a tragedy, had they cracked a warning sign from an abnormality in the bay, it was revealed during Amazon Prime’s “Mega Disaster” series. 

The documentary detailed how Dr George Plafker and his colleague were working for an oil company when they noticed something unusual. 

He said in 2006: “We were in the bay mapping the geology and primarily interested in the stratigraphy because of the oil potential of that part of the Gulf of Alaska.”

The narrator of the documentary added: “They didn’t find any oil, instead, they found the scientific mystery of the century.”