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Anchorage, AK Good Friday Earthquake, Mar 1964 Archived 2014-03-23 at the Wayback Machine – GenDisasters.com Tsunami Anniversary Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – Oregon Field Guide Fifty Years Since the Great Alaska Earthquake: The Role of First Responders in Catastrophic Disaster Planning – 113th United States Congress
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). To prevent cluttering only aftershocks above magnitude 6.5 will ...
This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Alaska. Date MMI Mag. Coordinates Depth Deaths Injuries ... 1964-03-27: XI: ... 1938-10-10: VII:
1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States
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". Both were created as part of USGS activities acknowledging the fifty year anniversary of the quake on March 27, 2014.
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 ...
The Alaska peninsula was rocked late Wednesday night by the strongest earthquake to hit the United States since 1965. Alaska peninsula rocked by largest earthquake to strike United States in more ...
Earthquake damage. On March 27, 1964, Anchorage was hit by the Good Friday earthquake, which caused significant destruction. [13] [14] The magnitude 9.2 earthquake was the largest ever recorded in North America, and Anchorage lay only 75 miles (121 km) from its epicenter. [13] [14]