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The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska 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.
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).
1954 Dixie Valley earthquake [2] March 9, 1957: Alaska: 8.6 M w 0: 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake: April 7, 1958: Alaska 7.3 M w 0 1958 Huslia earthquake [2] July 9, 1958: Alaska: 7.8 M w 5 (tsunami) 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami: August 18, 1959: Montana, Wyoming, Idaho: 7.2 M w 28 + 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake: March 27, 1964 ...
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
Part of the reasoning for the belief that Anchorage was not susceptible was that during a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in 1964, there was no observation of a tsunami in the city, the researchers said.
Magnitude Event Location Date 1 9.5 1960 Valdivia earthquake: Chile, Valdivia: May 22, 1960 2 9.2 1964 Alaska earthquake: United States, Alaska: March 27, 1964 3 9.0 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake: USSR, Kamchatka: November 5, 1952 4 8.8 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake – Ecuador – Colombia: January 31, 1906 5 8.7 1965 Rat Islands earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday morning, ... In 1964, an earthquake of the reported magnitude 9.2 provoked a huge Tsunami in Alaska, killing 131 ...
After the worst earthquake in North American history shocked Anchorage, Alaska, the city leaned on an unlikely savior to see it through the disaster. The post How the First Female Newscaster in ...