The well know earthquake in Alaska was in 1964, and became known as the Great Alaska Earthquake. It occurred on Friday, March 27, 1964. See link below for more information.
Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964, south central Alaska
Magnitude 9.2 including Alaska and 9.0 in the lower 48 states.According to USGS National Earthquake Information Center it was magnitude 9.2 on March 28, 1964 in Prince William Sound, Alaska.On January 26, 1700.was the largest known earthquake (magnitude 9.0) to have occurred in the "lower 48" United States that rocked Cascadia, a region 600 miles long that includes northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia
In Chile on the 22 May 1960. The city of Valdivia was the worst effected. Please see the related link for more information
Occasionally. Alaska is the state that has the most earthquakes in America. It is also the site of the 2nd largest earthquake ever recorded by man (magnitude 9.2) and the largest in the US which occurred in Prince William Sound near Anchorage on Friday, March 27, 1964.
The number of people that died was: 131,115!!!!!!!!!!
Nine were killed by the earthquake itself but the tsunami it caused resulted in other deaths as far away as California.
The 1964 Alaska Earthquake. It measured between 9.2 and 9.4 on the Richter Scale, making it the 2nd largest earthquake ever recorded. 143 people were killed.
Alaska's 1964 Good Friday Earthquake measured 9.2 on the seismograph which is the third largest earthquake in recorded history and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake only recorded a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter Scale. That means that the Alaska quake was more then 10 times as bad as the San Francisco quake which killed over 3,000 people.
128 people were killed in the Prince William Sound earthquake of 1964.
The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake, lasted approximately 4 minutes. It occurred on March 27, 1964, and is the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American history.
There was a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1964.
6.2 to 9.2
The 1964 Alaska earthquake (March 27, 1964) had its epicentre in Prince William Sound near Anchorage. The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 making it the largest ever to occur in the US, and the 3rd largest ever recorded by seismometer.
The strongest earthquake in Alaska in the month of March was the 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska earthquake. It occurred on March 27, 1964, with a magnitude of 9.2, making it the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American history and the second strongest worldwide.
Richard Walter Lemke has written: 'Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, at Seward, Alaska' -- subject(s): Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964, Earthquakes
Earthquakes are not born. Alaska had it's largest quake in 1964.