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1964 Alaska earthquake and Alaska

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Difference between 1964 Alaska earthquake and Alaska

1964 Alaska earthquake vs. Alaska

The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

Similarities between 1964 Alaska earthquake and Alaska

1964 Alaska earthquake and Alaska have 58 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Alaska Natives, Alaska Railroad, Alaska Time Zone, Alaska Women's Hall of Fame, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Anchorage, Alaska, British Columbia, California, Canada, Chenega, Alaska, Cordova, Alaska, Earthquake engineering, Epicenter, Florida, Genie Chance, Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Kenai Peninsula, KENI, Knik Arm, Kodiak Island, Kodiak, Alaska, Lidia Selkregg, Lyndon B. Johnson, Megathrust earthquake, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Tsunami Warning Center, North America, ..., Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Plate tectonics, Popular Mechanics, Portage, Anchorage, Alaska, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Prince William Sound, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Ruth A. M. Schmidt, Seward Highway, Seward, Alaska, Soil liquefaction, Southeast Alaska, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Texas, Tide, Tsunami, Turnagain Arm, United States Army, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Coast Guard, United States Department of Defense, United States Navy, University of Alaska Anchorage, Valdez, Alaska, Washington (state), Whittier, Alaska, Yukon. Expand index (28 more) »

Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

The Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs manages military and veterans affairs for the government of Alaska.

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Alaska Natives

Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.

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Alaska Railroad

The Alaska Railroad is a Class II railroad that operates freight and passenger trains in the state of Alaska.

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Alaska Time Zone

The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−09:00).

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Alaska Women's Hall of Fame

The Alaska Women's Hall of Fame (AWHF) recognizes women natives or residents of the U.S. state of Alaska for their significant achievements or statewide contributions.

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is one of the world's largest professional geological societies with about 17,000 members across 129 countries.

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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Chenega, Alaska

Chenega (Alutiiq: Caniqaq) is a census-designated place (CDP) on Evans Island in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Cordova, Alaska

Cordova is a city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, United States.

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Earthquake engineering

Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind.

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Epicenter

The epicenter, epicentre, or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Genie Chance

Genie Chance (born Emma Gene "Genie" Broadfoot; January 24, 1927 – May 17, 1998) was an American journalist, radio broadcaster, and Alaska state politician.

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Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska

Girdwood is a resort town within the southern extent of the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Kenai Peninsula

The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska.

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KENI

KENI (650 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format.

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Knik Arm

Knik Arm (Dena'ina: Nuti) is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska.

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Kodiak Island

Kodiak Island (Qikertaq, Кадьяк) is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait.

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Kodiak, Alaska

The City of Kodiak (Alutiiq: Sun'aq) is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska.

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Lidia Selkregg

Lidia Lippi Selkregg (1920 – August 14, 1999) was an Italian geologist and professor of regional planning at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Megathrust earthquake

Megathrust earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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National Tsunami Warning Center

The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering all coastal regions of the United States and Canada, except Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

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Popular Mechanics (often abbreviated as PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics.

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Portage, Anchorage, Alaska

Portage is a ghost town and former settlement on Turnagain Arm in Alaska, about southeast of Downtown Anchorage.

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Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound (Sugpiaq: Suungaaciq) is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Prudhoe Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) located in North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Ruth A. M. Schmidt

Ruth Anna Marie Schmidt (April 22, 1916 – March 29, 2014) was an American geologist and paleontologist who was a pioneer for women scientists.

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Seward Highway

The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends from Seward to Anchorage.

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Seward, Alaska

Seward (Alutiiq: Qutalleq; Dena'ina: Tl'ubugh) is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States.

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Soil liquefaction

Soil liquefaction occurs when a cohesionless saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress such as shaking during an earthquake or other sudden change in stress condition, in which material that is ordinarily a solid behaves like a liquid.

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Southeast Alaska

Southeast Alaska, often abbreviated to southeast or southeastern, and sometimes called the Alaska(n) panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part of Yukon).

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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located southwest of downtown Anchorage.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from lit) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Turnagain Arm

Turnagain Arm (Dena'ina: Tutl'uh) is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Navy

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University of Alaska Anchorage

The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a public university in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Valdez, Alaska

Valdez (Alutiiq: Suacit) is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Whittier, Alaska

Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about southeast of Anchorage.

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Yukon

Yukon (formerly called the Yukon Territory and referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories.

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1964 Alaska earthquake and Alaska Comparison

1964 Alaska earthquake has 117 relations, while Alaska has 705. As they have in common 58, the Jaccard index is 7.06% = 58 / (117 + 705).

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