Scientists say a warning system could have given people on the Alaska Peninsula 10 seconds or more to brace themselves for July's M7.3 earthquake.

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter was recorded at around 90 ...

Earthquakes below 2.5 magnitude are seldom felt by most people. Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, ...

PLUMAS COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake struck close to Johnsville ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory is raising the alert level one notch for the Shishaldin Volcano on Unimak Island after recent ...

Aboard the Chikyu — the world’s largest scientific drilling ship — 60 scientists teamed up with experienced drillers to ...

A volcano near Anchorage is no longer expected to erupt in the near future. This March, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said ...

A proposed earthquake early warning system could have provided several communities an alert of 10 seconds or more ahead of ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal Wednesday, ...

Mount Spurr has been returned to a “normal” alert status, with no eruption projected in the near term, months after elevated ...

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave ...