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<br /> <br />49 <br /> <br />~ <br />z <br />~ <br />, <br />w <br />" <br />< <br />z <br />~ <br />, <br />o <br />z <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />Streets buckled and slumped <br />and buildings dropped as much <br />as 4 meters (13 feet) whm a <br />landslide developed in <br />Anchorage's Fourth Avenue <br />district during the great <br />Alaskan earthquake of March <br />1964. At magnitude 8.4-8.6 on <br />the Richter Scale, the quake <br />(known as the Prince William <br />Sound quake) was the largest <br />to hit North America in <br />historic times, lasting for about <br /> <br />4 minutes. Though only 114 <br />died in the sparsely populated <br />state, damage was widespread, <br />leaving many homeless and <br />paralyzing the state's economy. <br />Earthquake-gmerated tsunamis <br />carried the destruction <br />thousands of miles further <br />afield, affecting much of the <br />Pacific Basin. <br />