Sentences with phrase «powerful earthquakes ever»

With bragging rights to the 2nd largest earthquake ever recorded (1964's Great Alaska Earthquake, which registered 9.2 on the Richter Scale), and 7 of the 10 most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in the U.S., Earthquake Coverage is no joke in Alaska.

The first Sandcastle was held just a few months after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in U.S. history.

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever to strike Mexico has killed at least 32 people, toppling houses and businesses and sending panicked people into the streets more than 650 miles away.

An investigation of the most powerful earthquake ever recorded deep within the Earth suggests deep quakes may be better at dissipating pent - up energy than similar quakes near the surface, researchers say in a new study.

People's attention is focused on the San Andreas fault; they forget the New Madrid fault system, with its epicenter not far south of St. Louis, that ripped loose in the early 1800s and caused the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America.