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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.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday morning, with a tsunami warning issued but later withdrawn.. According to the United States Geological Survey ...
In a summary posted on its website Sunday night, the earthquake center said the 6.3 magnitude quake at a depth of about 11 miles (18 kilometers) did not raise concern on its own because of its offshore location and the lack of damage reports, while the events that followed within the hour above magnitude 5.0 were expected aftershocks.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the first magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred just before 11 a.m. local time on Sunday in the Pacific Ocean about 70 miles southwest of Adak, Alaska ...
More than 530 people reported feeling the quake, the USGS said.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The earthquake was ...
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 ... Road Damage [2] 2018 ...
The 2002 Denali earthquake occurred at 22:12:41 UTC (1:12 PM Local Time) November 3 with an epicenter 66 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska, United States. This 7.9 M w earthquake was the largest recorded in the United States in 37 years (after the 1965 Rat Islands earthquake). The shock was the strongest ever recorded in the interior of ...