Talk of Alaska

Seismic Activity And Tsunamis In Alaska

Alaska Public Media | By Lori Townsend

Published November 1, 2013 at 4:00 PM AKDT

Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. The Alaska Sales and Service building in Anchorage, which was under construction, partially collapsed during the earthquake. Photo courtesy of USGS.

Alaska is the most seismically active place in America and one of the most earthquake prone areas on the planet. There were numerous large earthquakes in the 1960s followed by a few decades of relative calm, but that's changed in recent years. It's not a matter of if, but when for the next big earthquake in Alaska.

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