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Even Bigger Than the Huge 1964 Alaskan Quake and Tsunami?

"Our data indicate that two major earthquakes have struck Alaska in the last 1,500 years and our findings show that a bigger earthquake and a more destructive tsunami than the 1964 event are possible in the future," Ian Shennan, a professor of geography at Britain's Durham University, who led the study, said in a statement. - excerpt from this Planet Ark article.

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