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The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. [2] Across south-central Alaska , ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 131 deaths.
English: "1964 Quake: The Great Alaska Earthquake" is an eleven minute video highlighting the impacts and effects of America's largest recorded earthquake. It is an expanded version of the four minute video "Magnitude 9.2".
United States, southern Alaska: 9.2: 25.0: XI The 1964 Alaska earthquake was the largest in United States history. The earthquake itself caused 15 deaths and fairly extensive damage to Anchorage, Alaska and surrounding areas. A large tsunami led to 124 further deaths. Total property damage costs were $400 million (1964 rate).
The largest earthquake in U.S. history was the 1964 Good Friday quake in Alaska, a 9.2 magnitude temblor that killed 131 people. It lasted four and a half minutes and ran along the Aleutian fault ...
This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Alaska. Date MMI Mag. Coordinates Depth Deaths Injuries Comments Ref 2021-07-28: VIII: 8.2 M w ... 1964-03-27: XI: 9.2 M w
March 27, 1964 (Friday) [ edit ] At 5:36 in the afternoon on Good Friday (0336 UTC March 28), the Great Alaskan earthquake , recorded at between 8.6 and 9.2 on the Richter scale, struck the city of Anchorage, Alaska . [ 135 ]
Kulis served as a major center for the coordination of disaster relief in the aftermath of the March 27, 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Guard members quickly converted a base warehouse into a shelter for civilians rendered homeless by the quake with a makeshift dining hall and more than 100 beds. By midnight of that day, 97 of the beds were filled.
1964 Alaska earthquake; B. 1964 Baihe earthquake; E. Template:Earthquakes in 1964; G. 1964 Guerrero earthquake; N. 1964 Niigata earthquake This page was last edited ...