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2018 Anchorage earthquake. On November 30, 2018, at 8:29 a.m. AKST (17:29 UTC), a magnitude 7.1 [1] earthquake hit Anchorage in South Central Alaska. [5] The earthquake's epicenter was near Point Mackenzie, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Anchorage, and occurred at a depth of 29 miles (47 km). It was followed six minutes later by a magnitude 5. ...
The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 – Alaska Earthquake Information Center The short film ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive . Anchorage, AK Good Friday Earthquake, Mar 1964 Archived 2014-03-23 at the Wayback Machine – GenDisasters.com
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 32.2 km: Limited damage ...
An early morning 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook part of Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 24.6-mile deep quake hit 3 miles from Anchorage at 6:01 a.m. on Oct. 6, according to the ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Researchers have concluded there is a “rare but real risk” that an earthquake-produced tsunami could inundate parts of coastal Anchorage under certain conditions, a ...
The epicenter was approximately 575 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The earthquake was initially rated a magnitude 7.4, but was upgraded to a magnitude 7.5 with a depth of 40.1 km (25 miles ...
An earthquake occurred off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula on July 28, 2021, at 10:15 p.m. local time. [ 5 ] The large megathrust earthquake had a moment magnitude (Mw) of 8.2 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). [ 6 ] A tsunami warning was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) but later ...
The earthquake killed 115 people in Alaska, and damage was estimated at over $300 million ($1.8 billion in 2007 U.S. dollars). [13] [14] It was the second largest earthquake in the recorded history of the world. [13] [14] Anchorage's recovery from the earthquake dominated life in the late 1960s.