An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck Alaska on Monday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake ...

No damage was immediately reported. The main threat had been dangerous currents or waves, not widespread inundation, the U.S.

Why Alaska’s recent 7.3 earthquake has caught the attention of scientists - Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s ...

Scientists say an earthquake happens in Alaska once every ten minutes. AP. Probably the most well-known Alaskan earthquake was the Good Friday earthquake of 1964.

A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake shook the southern region of Alaska in July 2021. Scientists believe the quake may have turned up more than 30 new dinosaur footprints from three different species.

Alaska tallied a record number of earthquakes in 2017, thanks to an army of high-quality seismometers that have been installed during the last three summers in the state.

Volcanoes are rumbling as scientists monitor earthquakes at Washington's Mount Rainier and Alaska's Iliamna volcano.

Fifty years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake grabbed hold of south-central Alaska and started shaking. It didn’t cease for more than four minutes and was felt as far away as ...

The book, by longtime New York Times science writer Henry Fountain, describes the experiences of those who witnessed the quake and its significance to science. The Alaska earthquake settled what ...

Whereas earthquakes happen all the time,” said Sara McBride, a social scientist with the United States Geological Survey’s Earthquake Science Center. The people who report on them are always on ...

A 7.0 earthquake just eight miles north of Los Angeles, with millions of people within its reach, would likely have been devastating. The estimated 25-mile depth of Alaska's big quake might have ...