GnRH stimulates the pituitary gland to produce follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), the hormone responsible for starting follicle (egg) development and causing the level of estrogen, the primary female hormone, to rise.
The Great Alaska Earthquake lasted for nearly five minutes and registered a magnitude of 9.2, still the largest ever recorded in North America and second only to the 9.5-magnitude quake that struck Chile in 1960.
âLast nightâs earthquake is significant because it was close enough to Alaskaâs population centers.â This news comes despite the fact that Alaska is used to experiencing earthquakes in other areas, such as a massive 7.9 recorded during 2014 in the more remote Aleutian Islands.