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Alaska Earthquake: 6.2 magnitude tremor strikes days after major quake, no damage reported

Two significant earthquakes struck Alaska within four days, according to the National Center for Seismology. A 7.3 magnitude quake hit on 17 July, followed by a 6.2 magnitude tremor on 21 July, both ...
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Alaska quake Q&A: Geologists explain state's vulnerability

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A massive weekend earthquake in Alaska cracked a road, broke natural gas lines and destroyed four homes. But the magnitude-7.1 quake wasn't the first or even the biggest ...
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Earthquakes and aftershocks: Here’s what to do if things get shaky

Fairbanks’ earthquake information center reported 150,000 earthquakes in Alaska over the last five years. Of the 5.0 earthquakes that strike the U.S., 75 percent are in Alaska.

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years ...
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Earthquake Q&A: Geologists explain state’s vulnerability

ANCHORAGE — A massive weekend earthquake in Alaska cracked a road, broke natural gas lines and destroyed four homes. But the magnitude-7.1 quake wasn’t ...