1964 Alaska earthquake

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The 1964 Alaska earthquake was a massive magnitude 9.2 megathrust quake—the second-largest ever recorded—that devastated parts of southern Alaska and triggered widespread tsunamis across the Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf megathrust earthquake ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
tsunami-generating earthquake ⓘ
affectedArea Anchorage ⓘ
Kenai Peninsula ⓘ
Kodiak Island ⓘ
Prince William Sound region ⓘ
Seward ⓘ
Valdez ⓘ
Whittier ⓘ
southern Alaska ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Good Friday Earthquake ⓘ
Great Alaska Earthquake ⓘ
casualties approximately 131 deaths ⓘ
category 1964 disasters in the United States ⓘ
Earthquakes in Alaska ⓘ
Megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
Tsunamis in the United States ⓘ
caused land subsidence in coastal Alaska ⓘ
uplift of some coastal areas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1964-03-27 ⓘ
dayOfWeek Friday ⓘ
deathsFromTsunami majority of total deaths ⓘ
durationOfStrongShaking approximately 4.5 minutes ⓘ
economicLosses hundreds of millions of 1964 U.S. dollars ⓘ
epicenterNear College Fjord ⓘ
Valdez ⓘ
ledTo changes in U.S. building codes ⓘ
creation of the National Earthquake Information Center ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Prince William Sound ⓘ
magnitude 9.2 ⓘ
maximumMercalliIntensity XI ⓘ
maximumMercalliIntensityDescription Extreme ⓘ
momentMagnitudeScale 9.2 ⓘ
notableFor extreme duration and magnitude ⓘ
widespread ground deformation ⓘ
occurredOnFault Aleutian Megathrust ⓘ
occurredOnPlateBoundary Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary ⓘ
partOf history of Alaska ⓘ
rankByMagnitude second-largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded ⓘ
ruptureType megathrust ⓘ
studiedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
timeLocal 1964-03-27T17:36:00-09:00 ⓘ
timeUTC 1964-03-28T03:36:00Z ⓘ
triggered soil liquefaction ⓘ
submarine landslides ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
tsunamiAffectedArea British Columbia coast ⓘ
Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
U.S. West Coast ⓘ
tsunamiMaximumRunupInAlaska approximately 67 meters ⓘ
tsunamiMaximumRunupLocation Shoup Bay, Alaska ⓘ

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1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake → followedBy → 1964 Alaska earthquake ⓘ
Kodiak Archipelago → historicalEvent → 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
linked to: 1964 Alaska earthquake
Chenega → eventAffectedBy → 1964 Alaska earthquake ⓘ
Chenega Bay → affectedBy → 1964 Good Friday earthquake ⓘ
linked to: 1964 Alaska earthquake
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center → significantEventMonitored → 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
linked to: 1964 Alaska earthquake
Chenega, Alaska → historicalEvent → 1964 Alaska earthquake ⓘ
1964 Alaska earthquake → alsoKnownAs → Great Alaska Earthquake ⓘ
linked to: 1964 Alaska earthquake
1964 Alaska earthquake → category → Earthquakes in Alaska ⓘ
linked to: 1964 Alaska earthquake