Skip to content
Destinations
Weather & climate
Nature
Outdoors
Culture
Events
Sky & live
M9.2United States
Tsunami

M9.2 earthquake in the United States, 28 March 1964

On 28 March 1964 at 03:36 UTC an earthquake of magnitude 9.2 struck in the United States, 25 km deep. 139 people died. It set off a tsunami. In the next 30 days 14 aftershocks of magnitude 5 or more followed within 100 km, the strongest 6.4.

M9.2Magnitude
25 kmDepth
03:36Time (UTC) · 28 March 1964
139Deaths
M6.8M6.1M6.0M6.4M6.4M6.3M6.3M5.9M5.8M5.7M5.7M5.6M5.6M5.5M5.3M5.3M5.1M9.2
M9.2 earthquake in the United States, 28 March 1964
Deaths139
Damage (million USD)400

Aftershocks · 14

magnitude 5+ within 100 km, next 30 days

6.41964-04-0379 km · 39 km6.41964-04-2065 km · 30 km6.31964-03-2872 km · 10 km6.31964-03-2884 km · 10 km
5.91964-04-2159 km · 36 km
5.81964-04-0587 km · 15 km
5.71964-03-2881 km · 25 km
5.71964-03-2898 km · 15 km

Towns of the atlas within 200 km