The Great Alaskan Earthquake wobbled the Space Needle and its ensuing tsunami killed people as far away as California.

Fifty years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake grabbed hold of south-central Alaska and started shaking.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Electric clocks on walls in Anchorage shut down at 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964. Time stopped at the start of the '64 Great Alaska Earthquake, the second largest ever recorded ...

Sixty-one years ago today, March 27, 1964, the second most powerful earthquake on the planet shook Alaska and affected every other province and state along the west coast. Measuring 9.2 and ...

This week, Alaska commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Great Alaska Earthquake. The calamity destroyed whole towns, took lives and still stands as the largest earthquake to ever rock North ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, ...

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.

Fifty years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake grabbed hold of south-central Alaska and started shaking. It didn’t cease for more than four minutes and was felt as far away as ...

For more than 15 years, UB geologist Margarete Jadamec has studied the Alaskan subduction zone, where two huge pieces of the Earth’s rigid outer layer — the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate ...

Book review: The 1964 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in North America, remains a pivotal event in Alaska’s history, but its impact on the science of geology was even more significant.