Lateral to the artery, inside the carotid sheath with the common carotid, are the internal jugular vein and vagus nerve. At the lower part of the neck, on the right side of the body, the right recurrent laryngeal nerve crosses obliquely behind the artery; the right internal jugular vein diverges from the artery.
Alaska had the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America, but that's not part of the continental states.. Whenever anyone mentions the largest, they always mention the one on Good Friday in 1964 in Anchorage, Alaska. As far as Lower 48 (continental) probably 1906 in San Francisco. Wintergirl Â· 9 years ago.
The largest historical earthquake in the region -- magnitude 5.4 -- damaged southern Illinois in 1968, the USGS told CNN news. That 1968 quake, however, was on a different fault line. It was on the New Madrid fault line that extends north to Chicago and south to Memphis.The 1811 and 1812 earthquakes on that fault line were among the largest in the nation. The 1811 quake rang church bells 1,000 miles away in Boston, Massachusetts.HE NEW MADRID FAULT ZONE Illinois, other states feel 3.9 earthquake Items compiled from Tribune news services Published June 21, 2005 CLINTON, KENTUCKY -- A small earthquake centered in western Kentucky rattled residents across parts of Illinois, Kentucky and three other states Monday morning. No damage was reported.