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Did the 1964 earthquake in anchorage, Alaska happen at a modern plate boundary?

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Did the 1964 earthquake in anchorage, Alaska happen at a modern plate boundary?

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The Anchorage, Alaska earthquake of 1964 was caused by the Pacific plate that day moving an estimated 25 to 30 feet northward, diving beneath the North American plate. The grinding of the two massive tectonic plates caused the earthquake.

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