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.

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the Aleutian megathrust is the primary cause of the strongest earthquakes in the region. It's a major subduction zone fault, an area where two tectonic ...

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

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

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake was reported in Russia on Tuesday (August 26), according to the United States Geological Survey.

The Kuril Islands earthquake was reported three days after a 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in Texas on Friday (August ...

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

Welcome to your seismic update from across the state for the week of Aug. 20, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7.

Aleutian Islands feature some of the most unique marine landscapes in Alaska, and the world – and not just above the surface ...

Over the past few months, signs of unrest at the 11,070-foot (3,374-meter) volcano near Anchorage have gradually decreased, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, which added that no ground ...

Atmospheric waves from a massive 2022 South Pacific volcanic eruption created seismic waves that penetrated Earth to at least 5 kilometers in Alaska, creating an opportunity to employ an unusual ...

Some volcanoes don’t give much — or any — warning before they blow. Veniaminof, Alaska, is one of them: it is a ”stealthy” ...