Emphasis Preaching Journal

When one looks at the St. Elias mountain range, which borders Alaska, northern British Columbia, and the Yukon, one thinks of majesty and stability -- it is rock solid, right? Not really. The St. Elias range of mountains is located in one of the most earthquake prone places in North America. One result of all this shaking and rolling of the earth is that the St. Elias mountains are growing at a rate of four centimeters per year, approximately the same rate that our fingernails grow. In 1899, one particularly severe earthquake caused the mountains to rise ten meters in two minutes!