Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Science > Earth Sciences > Natural Disasters > Earthquakes > What is the magnitude of the 1964 Prince William sound Alaska earthquake?

What is the magnitude of the 1964 Prince William sound Alaska earthquake?

Answer:
it was recorded to be a 9.2 magnitude earthquake so it was very powerful.
magnitude is what they measure for the Richter scale
First answer by ID2092521396. Last edit by ID2092521396. Question popularity: 2 [recommend question].

Can you answer these Earthquakes questions?

What is the most damaging type of earthquake wave? Answer it!
How do geologists belief earthquakes occur? Answer it!
What type of boundary to earthquakes occur at? Answer it!
How can you minimize earthquake hazards? Answer it!
Who discovered the boundaries between the crust and the mantle? Answer it!

Relevant answers:

Related topics:

Home

Answer these

Can the pitch slide into home plate to block the plate if he doesn't have the ball?
In: Baseball Rules and Regulations
Answer it!
What are flat regions of dry lava on the surface of the moon called?
In: The Moon
Answer it!
How old is your Vito clarinet serial?
In: Woodwind Instruments
Answer it!
Why is lake Michigan all sand bottom?
In: Lakes and Rivers
Answer it!
» more

Featured guides

» More