Looking back 60 years: How the Great Alaska Earthquake compares

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Looking back 60 years: How the Great Alaska Earthquake compares

The March 27, 1964, Great Alaska Earthquake remains the second-largest ever recorded in the world. Each earthquake releases energy when rock ruptures after accumulating strain. The energy release from the 1964 quake was so large because 600 miles of fault ruptured at once and moved up to 60 feet. Alaska Earthquake Center Senior Scientist Natalia […]

New analysis finds real, though rare, tsunami threat to upper Cook Inlet

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New analysis finds real, though rare, tsunami threat to upper Cook Inlet

Scientists assessing tsunami threats throughout Alaska recently modeled the flooding scenario of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and discovered that a tsunami could reach upper Cook Inlet, countering a long-held public belief that the region has no tsunami risk. A new report by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical […]