The Great Alaska Earthquake is still helping solve scientific mysteries today. In 1999, a microscopic fungus called Cryptococcus gattii that typically grows on rotting wood in tropical rainforests ...

Yes, the biggest earthquake in the nation’s history happened in Alaska, not California. While the 1906 San Francisco quake might be more famous — it was the deadliest in the country, killing ...

A tragedy through and through, the 1964 earthquake is a defining point in Alaska and Anchorage history. However, Dickerson’s safe passage through the ordeal is representative of an untold story.

The Great Alaska Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the United States. Its violent tremors reshaped Alaska’s landscape and American earthquake preparedness forever.

The Great Alaska Earthquake confirmed that theory, said geologist Peter Haeussler, the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska earthquake-hazards coordinator.

When the Great Alaska Earthquake convulsed the south-central region of that vast state on March 27, 1964, the energy released by the upheaval — the largest quake in recorded North American ...

She said at the time of the Great Alaskan Earthquake, she was living in California. She always dreamed about fishing with her older brother in Alaska, so she moved to Alaska after she got out of ...

Great Alaskan Earthquake and Tsunami: Alaska, March 1964. The magnitude 9.2 quake was just the start of it. Underwater landslides gave way to several local tsunamis that destroyed coastlines from ...

Watch Seismic Waves of 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Roll Through State (Video) News. By Becky Oskin published 2 May 2014 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The great Alaska earthquake lasted 4 and 1/2 minutes. It overwhelmed people the way the strongest emotions do. It was pure sensation, coming on faster than the intellect’s ability to register it.

The great Alaska earthquake lasted 4 and 1/2 minutes. It overwhelmed people the way the strongest emotions do. It was pure sensation, coming on faster than the intellect’s ability to register it.