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==Earth sciences== * March 27 ([[Good Friday]]) β [[1964 Alaska earthquake|Great Alaskan earthquake]], the [[Lists of earthquakes#Strongest earthquakes by magnitude|second most powerful]] known, with a [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] of 9.2.<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-07-18|title=Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php|publisher=[[U.S. Geological Survey]]|accessdate=2012-09-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107224716/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php|archivedate=2010-11-07}}</ref> * Swiss geologist [[Augusto Gansser-Biaggi|Augusto Gansser]] publishes ''Geology of the Himalayas''.
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