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Henry Fountain wrote a book about the 1964 Alaska earthquake, and how subsequent investigation led to a better understanding of plate tectonics. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News) ...
It’s unlikely that anything close to Muir’s exuberance was heard in Alaska on March 27, 1964, when the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America remade the topography of the ...
Fifty years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake grabbed hold of south-central Alaska and started shaking. It didn’t cease for more than four minutes and was felt as far away as ...
Book review: The 1964 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in North America, remains a pivotal event in Alaska’s history, but its impact on the science of geology was even more significant.
On March 27, 1964, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America shook Alaska for more than four minutes. Jon Mooallem, a writer at large for The New York Times Magazine, chronicles ...
The earthquake was reported by the USGS. A massive earthquake-- registering 7.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey -- rocked Anchorage, Alaska Friday, sending debris crashing to ...
What didn’t happen in Alaska in 2020 did happen on March 28 of 1964, when a magnitude 9.2 earthquake sent damaging waves into the Pacific and toward the lower 48 states.
A 7.0 earthquake just eight miles north of Los Angeles, with millions of people within its reach, would likely have been devastating. The estimated 25-mile depth of Alaska's big quake might have ...
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