This week, Alaska commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Great Alaska Earthquake. ... The three clocks pictured here stopped at exactly 5:36 p.m., the moment the earthquake hit Seward.

A powerful 7.8 earthquake that hit in the waters off the Alaska Peninsula late Tuesday and triggered a tsunami warning sent residents fleeing for high ground over fears of threatening waves before ...

There were great horrors, but what many children remember is missing their supper. The earthquake struck at 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on Good Friday. When the first shaking hit, many parents ...

Late last night Alaska was struck with a magnitude 7.8 earthquake just off its coast, causing immediate concerns for tsunami risk. While there was initially a tsunami warning, that warning was ...

The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964. AP Published March 26, 2014 . 0. ... The city was hit hard by the earthquake that demolished some of Alaska's most picturesque and largest cities.

More than small 230 earthquakes have hit parts of Alaska since Friday, when a 7.0-magnitude tremor knocked out power, ripped open roads and splintered buildings near Anchorage.

Back-to-back earthquakes struck Alaska near Anchorage on Friday, damaging buildings, knocking out power and triggering tsunami warnings as residents ran into the streets, according to reports. The … ...

A tragedy through and through, the 1964 earthquake is a defining point in Alaska and Anchorage history. However, Dickerson’s safe passage through the ordeal is representative of an untold story.

To the Great people of Alaska. You have been hit hard by a “big one.” ... The biggest earthquake that has hit Alaska was a 9.2 magnitude giant in March 1964, ...

The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake measured 9.2 on the Richter scale and took 3,000 lives. Complete reporting on today's quake is not yet available, but the U.S. Geological Survey estimates a low ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck near Takotna Wednesday evening. It was the largest quake to hit the area since a magnitude 5.4 quake struck just south of McGrath in ...

There were great horrors, but what many children remember is missing their supper. The earthquake struck at 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on Good Friday. When the first shaking hit, many parents ...