In 1964, the largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States struck Anchorage and southern Alaska, cutting communications to the outside world. The quake was felt in Fairbanks, and it took 40 minutes for communications to be re-established with the Associated Press office in Seattle. When the connection was restored, the "News-Miner" sent the first reports of the earthquake to the outside world. The quake also destroyed the offices of the "Anchorage Times", the leading newspaper in that city. The "News-Miner" offered its press facilities to the "Times", and the two papers shared a masthead as Anchorage recovered from the tremor.