Anchorage, Alaska: Earthquake Park Monument
In Earthquake Park along the bike trail, there's a monument to the 9.2 magnitude shaker that struck on March 27, 1964.
- Address:
- Aircraft Dr., Anchorage, AK
- Directions:
- Earthquake Park. Park at pulloff on Aircraft Dr. just west of West Northern Lights. The monument is along the trail looking out over the water.
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This monument remembers the big one that hit on Good Friday in Alaska.
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The Great Alaska Earthquake, a Richter Scale magnitude 9.2, was March 27, 1964, and people still haven't forgotten it.