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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef at 12:04 a.m.local time and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels (41,000 to 119,000 m³) of crude oil over the next few days. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-causedenvironmental disasters. The Valdez spill was the largest ever in US waters until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in terms of volume released.