A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Alaska late Wednesday night, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the state and a tsunami watch as far as Hawaii.

An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit Alaska early Thursday morning, prompting the brief issuance of a tsunami warning that has since been recalled.

Tsunami warning issued after magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit off Alaska ...

If the magnitude 8.2 estimate holds, the quake may be the most powerful in North America since a magnitude 8.7 earthquake in Alaska, Brian McNoldy, senior research associate at University of Miami ...

The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday. The magnit… ...

If the initial 8.2 magnitude estimate holds, the earthquake that struck Alaska may be the strongest one to strike North America in more than 50 years.

Alaska experienced one of its largest earthquakes in decades on Wednesday night. The 8.2 magnitude earthquake, which also sparked fears of a possible tsunami, hit at 10:15 p.m. local time, and its ...

Michael West, Alaska state seismologist, said the 8.2 quake was the largest earthquake to happen in Alaska region since 1965.

The 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck off Alaska’s coast Wednesday night was the strongest one since 1964, an official told CNN. The very strong quake was located about 56 miles (91 ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake Wednesday evening was magnitude 8.2 and struck 56 miles east southeast of Perryville, Alaska, off the state's peninsula.

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific were fading after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...