The Consequences of the Alaska Earthquake

2002/11/11 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Geologia

An earthquake of magnitude 7.9 strikes Alaska on November 3. Now, a group of U.S. geologists analyze the cracks on the ground as a result of an earthquake, and take several photos.

The earthquake has caused a large gap of 667 kilometers in length. The crack has been created on the fault called Denali, which allows for the first time to see clearly where the fault goes. In addition, there have been terrible detachments that have covered the entire valley from side to side and in some areas of accumulation of land and stones lakes have been formed.

This last earthquake is one of the largest in Alaska and is harder than the one that hit the city of San Francisco in 1906. However, the record remains the earthquake that occurred in Alaska in 1964. The earthquake of that time had a magnitude of 9.2.