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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

The earthquake -- 9.2 on the Richter scale and second highest ever recorded -- caused geological uplift that captured marine fish in newly formed freshwater ponds on islands in Prince William ...

The earthquake’s epicenter was Prince William Sound and measured as a 9.2 on the Richter scale. Over 1,200 miles away the Space Needle trembled. From coast to coast, states felt the impact.

Anchorage, Alaska, may be a good 4,300 mile drive from the Oneonta area, but in late March 1964 many a local thought — and even an Earth pulse — was ...

The earthquake -- 9.2 on the Richter scale and second highest ever recorded ... Small fish species evolved rapidly following 1964 Alaska earthquake. University of Oregon. Journal ...

It took 26 years for marine invertebrates living on the Port Valdez seafloor to stabilize after Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964, according to a scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The earthquake initially had a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale. The moment magnitude scale, a better measure of seismic power, has since superseded the Richter scale.

Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. ... a large earthquake centered near Anchorage, Alaska, ... one of the largest ever recorded in North America and registered a whopping 9.2 on the Richter scale.

At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a massive earthquake struck Alaska. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake registered 9.2 on the Richter scale and lasted fourand-a-half minutes.