The Good Friday Alaskan earthquake lasted for about four to five minutes. I hope my answer helped. :)
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Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964, south central Alaska
Some good questions about earthquakes are:What is an earthquake?How long do earthquakes last?Is there an 'earthquake season' or 'earthquake weather'?Where is the safest place to be in an earthquake?Will the ground open up during an earthquake?What is a seismometer, seismograph, and a seismogram?When was the seismograph invented?What is the Richter Scale?Do many small earthquakes prevent larger earthquakes?Can we predict earthquakes?What is liquefaction?
They have never experienced an earthquake but they only experienced floods.
No. An earthquake would never last more than an hour. Most last less than a minute. The 1989 earthquake lasted 15 seconds.
The 2010 Chilean earthquake lasted 90 seconds.