Historic Earthquakes

Chugach Mountains, Alaska
1934 May 04 04:36:07 UTC (local 05/03)
Magnitude 7.1

At Anchorage, windows were broken, stock in stores was jarred from shelves, and telephone lines were "knocked out of commission." Felt at several towns in the region.

Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.