An earthquake struck Alaska on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. It began at 5:36 p.m. and lasted for 5 minutes. Its epicenter was in the Prince William Sound near Montague Island. Its intensity measured 8.4 units on the Richter Scale; by contrast the San Francisco earthquake was 8.3 units. Only one stronger earthquake has been recorded in modern times.the 1960 Peruvian quake in which many lives were lost.
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From: Fortuine, Robert et al. 1993. The Health of the Inuit of North America: A Bibliography from the Earliest Times through 1990. University of Alaska Anchorage. Citation number 1565.
Cited in: Fortuine, Robert. 1968. The Health of the Eskimos: a bibliography 1857-1967. Dartmouth College Libraries. Citation number 380.