US Geological Survey
Date of this Version
2014
Citation
Eos, Vol. 95 No. 17, 29 April 2014 Pgs. 141–142
Abstract
A little more than 50 years ago, on 27 March 1964, the Great Alaska earthquake and tsunami struck. At moment magnitude 9.2, this earthquake is notable as the largest in U.S. written history and as the second- largest ever recorded by instruments worldwide. But what resonates today are its impacts on the understanding of plate tectonics, tsunami generation, and earthquake history as well as on the development of national programs to reduce risk from earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Comments
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