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Earthquake in Alaska


The Great Alaskan earthquake, the second-most powerful known (and the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history) at a magnitude of 9.2, struck Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage on March 27 (Good Friday).

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Ronnie Biggs, Buckingham Constabulary, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons As noted elsewhere, on August 8, 1963, a gang stopped the Glasgo...