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Alaska Earthquake

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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ALASKA EARTHQUAKE

WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

MARCH 27, 1964

IT LASTED ONLY FOR 4 MINUTES

BUT IT WAS THE MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE RECORED IN U.S HISTORY

IT HAD A MOMENT MAGNITUDE OF 9.2

IT CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGES IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES

THERE WERE SEVERAL LANDSLIDES

THERE WAS DAMAGE TO EARTHQUAKE HOUSES AND BUILDINGS

200 MILES SOUTHWEST, AREAS NEAR KODIAK WERE RAISED BY 30 FEET

32 PEOPLE DIED DURING THE EARTHQUAKE

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