A megathrust earthquake that struck Prince William Sound, Alaska, on Good Friday, 27 March 1964, shaking the ground for over four and a half minutes. It remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America and the second most powerful recorded worldwide since 1900, and it significantly advanced scientific understanding of subduction zone megathrust earthquakes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Magnitude or ScaleMoment magnitude 9.2 to 9.3, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America 1 Death TollAbout 139, roughly 15 from the quake itself and 124 from the resulting tsunamis 1 LocationPrince William Sound, Alaska, United States 1 Connections
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Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (1964 Alaska Earthquake); earth5 pass cause judgment: Faulting.
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Lasting four minutes and thirty-eight seconds, the magnitude 9.2-9.3 megathrust earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America and the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the world since modern seismography began in 1900.
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The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 139 deaths.
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