Earthquake — Alaska

When

28 Mar 1964

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

9.2

Where

Usa

Coordinates

60.91° N, 147.34° W

Deaths

139

Damage musd

400

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

25

Second most powerful earthquake in recorded history

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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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “March 27 (Good Friday) – The Great Alaskan earthquake, the second-most powerful known (and the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history) at…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “9.2 büyüklüğündeki bilinen en güçlü ikinci (ve Kuzey Amerika tarihinde kaydedilen en güçlü deprem) Büyük Alaska depremi, Güney Alaska'yı vurarak 125 kişiyi…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Karfreitagsbeben 1964, auch „Großes Alaska-Beben“ genannt, ist mit einer Magnitude von 9,2 und mehreren Tsunami-Wellen das bisher stärkste Erdbeben in der…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Великое Аляскинское землетрясение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Alaska se registra un terremoto de 9,2, el más fuerte registrado de la historia de Estados Unidos, matando a 131 personas y destruyendo la ciudad de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “美國阿拉斯加發生9.2的地震，當天是耶穌受難日，因此稱為耶穌受難日地震，地震震央在美國阿拉斯加中南部威廉王子灣的海上，導致了131人的死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アラスカ地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Tsunami — Prince William Sound, Ak28 Mar 1964 · Tsunami