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The Great Alaska Earthquake. March 27, 1964 a magnitude 9.2 earthquake hit Alaska
its epicenter located in Prince William Sound, 75 miles east of Anchorage. ...
Alaska Earthquake. ... Reference List Cohen, Stan, 8.6 the Great Alaska Earthquake
(Missoula: Pictorial Histories Publishing CO., Inc.), 1996. ...
... The Denali Fault quake of 2002 was the strongest ever recorded in the interior of
Alaska. The powerful earthquake struck the area on November 3, 2002. ...
... For example, during the 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska, earthquake, more than
200 bridges were damaged or destroyed by lateral spreading of flood-plain ...
... quakes tend to be far below the earth's surface, at depths of up to 645 km (400
mi)." (Monastersky Dec, 95) Alaska's disastrous Good Friday earthquake of 1964 ...
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On March 27, 1964 the most powerful earthquake recorded in North America struck in the heart of Prince William Sound at 5:36pm. Buildings fell and entire towns were washed away by the tsunami that followed in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake. However, considering the sheer magnitude of the earthquake, Alaska suffered minimal damage to its residents and economy for a number of reasons. On the contrary, the Alaskan economy temporarily prospered from the '64 earthquake by receiving additional federal support and funding in a time when military presence was declining, unemployment was growing, and before the drilling of oil in Prudhoe Bay.
"I recall during one tremor, the ground under the driveway opened up and we watched the big Plymouth slide slowly backward into the crevasse. Then the ground shifted again, noisily crushing the car as the crevasse closed." Julie Persons account of the Great Earthquake of '64' is one of many devastating reminders of the tragedy that occurred on the Good Friday over forty years ago. However, casualties were significantly low for such a powerful disaster, both physically and economically. The purpose of this paper is to provide a general overview of the 1964 Alaskan earthquake and describe the economic effects that followed.
The extensive geological disruption and strength has caused the '64 earthquake to become one of the most studied earthquakes in history. However, the continual research being conducted has lead to a wide array of contradictory information. Because no seismic instruments capable of recording strong ground motions were in Alaska before the earthquake, most measurements were calculated from tele-seismic records. According to a book sanctioned by the Committee on the Alaska Earthquake of the Division of Earth Sciences National Research Council in 1970, the magnitude of the '64 earthquake on the Richter scale ranged between 8.3 and 8.6. Although these two numbers do not appear to range...
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