![]() ![]() Rivers and lakes sloshed as far away as Texas and Louisiana. People felt the earthquake over most of mainland Alaska and in Seattle, Washington, more than 1,200 miles to the southeast, and the Space Needle swayed perceptibly. ![]() Remember, scientists did not have seismographs before 1900, however. Only the 1960 earthquake in Valdivia, Chile, recorded at 9.4–9.6, is larger. The magnitude 9.2 is the most powerful earthquake recorded in North America. Crevasses opened, buildings collapsed, and tsunamis killed about 131 people. But if you lived in Alaska back then, there’s no doubt what I’m referring to - the Great Alaskan Earthquake.Īcross south-central Alaska, the ground rumbled and shook for four minutes and thirty-eight seconds, though it seemed like it would never stop. AKST?Ī lot of you weren’t even a glint in your daddy’s eye back then. Where were you on March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m. Going back further we remember the Columbia crash in 2003 and of course, - strange perhaps, how they clearly we can recall traumatic memories.Īs a ten-year-old child, the JFK’s assassination in 1963 and the Great Alaskan Earthquake four months later, March 27, 1964, remain vividly in my mind. I’ve been thinking back 57 years ago and my memories of a certain day are vivid, The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964.ĭepending on your age, you may have mental snapshots that may include the Challenger shuttle disaster in 1985, the Waco siege in 1993, and the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Some moments are engraved on your memory, even as a child. ![]()
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