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Alaska earthquake of 1964: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Live Science - How the 1964 Alaska Earthquake Shook Up Science. Dec 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management - 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake. Nov 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Lessons Learned from the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake in Disaster Management. Aug 07, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - The Alaska Earthquake of 1964: Radiation of Long-Period Surface Waves and Source Mechanism. Jun 13, 2024
Added interactive. May 04, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 20, 2024
Add new Web site: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information - On This Day: Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami. Oct 06, 2023
Changed "Richter scale magnitude" to "moment magnitude." Mar 27, 2014
Added photograph. Jun 06, 2013
Add new Web site: United States History - Great Alaskan Quake of 1964. Aug 09, 2011
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Earthquakes in Alaska. Aug 09, 2011
Add new Web site: USGS - Largest Earthquake in Alaska, 1964. Aug 09, 2011
Add new Web site: University of Alaska Fairbanks - Alaska Earthquake Center - Magnitude 9.2 - 30 miles NW of Tatitlek. Aug 09, 2011
Add new Web site: Anchorage Museum - 1964 Alaska Earthquake. Aug 09, 2011
Add new Web site: University of Washington - 1964 Alaska earthquake, USA. Aug 09, 2011
Media added. Jan 26, 2010
New article added. Apr 04, 2008
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