Brighton, N.Y. — McQuaid Jesuit is a fair distance away from Alaska, but the school was still able to take note of that state’s sizeable earthquake ... McQuaid’s own seismograph station.

Businesses left. Entire communities had to relocate and rebuild. But perhaps the Great Alaska Earthquake’s most significant and lasting impact was on science. It struck at a key moment in ...

Rochester, N.Y. - The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near Anchorage, Alaska Friday was picked up on the seismograph at McQuaid Jesuit High School. The school said the quake registered within ...

The Great Alaska Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the United States. Its violent tremors reshaped ...

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 ...

When the magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska earthquake ripped through the state ... drill rig to dig into bedrock or permafrost for the seismograph, said Bob Busby, transportable array manager for ...

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 ...

The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964, which led to tsunamis, landslides, and over 100 fatalities did occur at a subduction zone, which often leads to more of a vertical thrust and displacement of ...

The new model shows that the seismically active regions of California and Alaska are at risk of earthquakes. The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Alaska's Rat Islands Earthquake the following year ...

There were great horrors, but what many children remember is missing their supper. The earthquake struck at 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on Good Friday. When the first shaking hit, many parents ...