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Alaska is home of the the second largest earthquake ever recorded (1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, magnitude 9.2) Alaska has 11 percent of the world's recorded earthquakes. Three of the eight largest earthquakes in the world were in Alaska. Seven of the ten largest earthquakes in the United States were in Alaska.
Southcentral Alaska was rocked by a strong and prolonged magnitude-7.1 earthquake early Sunday morning, destroying four homes on the Kenai Peninsula and rattling nerves throughout the region. The quake struck at 1:30 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Alaska Earthquake Center said it hit on the west side of Cook Inlet, about 65 miles west of Homer and about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, at a depth of 76 miles. It was felt from Juneau to Fairbanks. The quake knocked items off shelves and walls and shook buildings throughout Alaska's most populated region.