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) ...

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...

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 ...

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.

The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...

We have seen other earthquakes in the area that have not generated significant tsunami waves, but we’re treating it seriously and going through our procedures, making sure communities are notified so ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 the ...

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 ...