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Two significant earthquakes struck Alaska within four days, according to the National Center for Seismology. A 7.3 magnitude ...
The USGS described the earthquake as "notable," confirming that it may have been felt by residents in Sand Point and nearby ...
Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years ...
Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska's southern coast ordered their residents to higher ground after a powerful ...
The Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers and funding restrictions has affected the monitoring of a landslide-prone slope that could create a dangerous tsunami in Alaska’s ...
Understanding these earthquake-prone areas is crucial for preparedness and risk mitigation. Here is a list of nine of the most earthquake-prone places on Earth that you need to watch out for.
Alaska, one of the world’s most seismically active locations, just completed a relatively quiet year for earthquakes but a busy year for landslides.
As of Sunday afternoon, 162 aftershocks magnitude 3 or higher have shaken Alaska since Friday's 7.0 earthquake.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The perky ‘‘cock-a-doodle-doo’’ of a rooster sounds in Roger Smith’s office every time an earthquake rumbles beneath Alaska. Temblors throughout the state trigger ...
How the Great Alaska Earthquake Shook Up Science Sixty years ago, the largest earthquake in U.S. history shocked geologists. It’s still driving scientific discoveries today ...
Hundreds of millions of people across the U.S. live in areas prone to damaging earthquakes, a new map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows.