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This Day in Alaska History-March 27th, 1964

By Alaska Native News on Mar 27, 2026 Featured, This Day in Alaskan and U.S. History

It was on this day in 1964 that a massive 9.2 earthquake in Southcentral Alaska. The massive quake at 5:36 pm on March 27th caused much devastation throughout the region and generated a huge tsunami that inundated many communities in the region. The quake was the largest in the history of the United States […]

This Day in Alaska History-March 27th, 1964

By Alaska Native News on Mar 27, 2025 Featured, This Day in Alaskan and U.S. History

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March 27 is the anniversary of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake

By Jeremy Zidek | State of Alaska on Mar 25, 2021 Featured, State

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake was the second-largest earthquake ever recorded. On March 27, 1964 a 9.2 magnitude earthquake unleashed nearly five minutes of violent shaking focused in Prince William Sound and felt in a majority of the state. The State of Alaska’s people, communities, and geography were forever changed […]

March 27th, 1964

By Alaska Native News on Mar 27, 2019 This Day in Alaskan and U.S. History