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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet

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New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history-the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega-and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place.

At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2. earthquake-the second most powerful in world history-struck the young state of Alaska. The violent shaking, followed by massive tsu...