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U.S. earthquake history: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Jackie Dewolfe April 18, 2020Disasters, Gallery

What changes do you make when 80 percent of the city is destroyed? How do you plan ahead so this doesn’t happen here? 114 years ago today, at 5:12 a.m., what is understood to be a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the coast of northern California. Shaking lasted for 42 seconds and was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles. The earthquake, …

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U.S. earthquake history: The Great Alaska Quake of 1964

Jackie Dewolfe April 10, 2020Geology, Preparedness

And why we don’t expect an earthquake of that size in Utah. On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m. local time, the earth began to shake in the subduction zone in the Prince William Sound in Alaska. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that: The earthquake caused rivers, lakes, and other waterways to slosh as far away as the …

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