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The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold ...
Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...
A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 ...
A line graph from the Alaska Earthquake Center shows the number of earthquakes over time in the Western Aleutians on Sunday, starting with a magnitude 6.3 event in a swarm that triggered nearly ...
For instance, the most powerful earthquake on the list below, the so-called Good Friday quake in Alaska in 1964, which measured 9.2, claimed 128 lives – while the famous 1906 San Francisco ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground ...
Mostly abandoned neighborhoods of Adak in Alaska's Aleutian Islands in 2021. (Nicole Evatt via AP) AMCHITKA ISLAND — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western ...
There hasn't been a comprehensive assessment of Hawaii's earthquake risk published since 1998, and the last time one was published about Alaska was in 2007, the USGS said.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, Southwest Alaska's largest temblor in years, shook much of the region on Monday night. The quake, which struck at about 8 p.m. Monday, was centered about 37 miles east ...
AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm ...