The Great Alaskan Earthquake Research Paper

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The Great Alaskan Earthquake By: cdjdfiwiyah nter

An earthquake is a natural disaster, that shakes the ground when rocks get rubbed together. Then the ground starts shaking and everything moves out of place. An earthquake is a natural disaster, that causes a lot of destruction

. This earthquake was called the Great Alask Earthquake. An earthquake is when the ground starts to shake, and everything is moving or in movement. A tsunami is a huge wave the causes damage to a town, a city or everoundey don’t get washed away into the ocean.
The Great Alaskan Earthquake ha 27, 1964.for The most part the quake happened on Easter at 5:36 PM on a Friday. This has been the largest earthquake ever recorded

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