Map of Alaska showing the areas of uplift and subsidence following the 1964 earthquake. (Image credit: USGS) The earthquake initially had a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale.

The March 27 (Good Friday), 1964, Alaskan earthquake had a strength of 9.2 on the Richter scale. It was the most powerful earthquake to strike North America and the second most powerful in the ...

While the 1906 San Francisco quake might be more famous — it was the deadliest in the country, killing more than 3,000 people — the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, as it’s known, was more ...

The 1964 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska, which was a 9.2 magnitude, ... This event, which struck south-central Alaska on March 27, 1964, registered 9.2 on the Richter scale.

The Alaskan earthquake registered 9.2 on the Richter Scale (many times stronger than the biggest quake predicted along the San Andreas fault), making it the most forceful tremor ever recorded in ...

It occurred on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. This earthquake was literally off the scale, but was ultimately calculated to be a 9.2 on the Richter Seismic scale.

The glacier was radically reshaped a quake measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale late in the day on March 27, 1964 ... for Aiken resident Art Kennedy during the colossal 1964 earthquake in Alaska.