On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake centered near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami that pounded the ...
Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...
The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.
Sixty-one years ago today, March 27, 1964, the second most powerful earthquake on the planet shook Alaska and affected every ...
The Great Tohoku Earthquake struck Japan on March 11 ... Also known as the Good Friday Earthquake, a 9.2 quake in southern Alaska and tsunami killed 131 people and caused over $2 billion in ...
Minto Flats spills out in frozen lakes and rivers just beyond the village of Minto during sunrise on March 23. (Photo by ...
And the fourth earthquake, a 2.9 magnitude, was reported at 1:29pm ET. While a swarm like this would be felt by hundreds of people, the epicenter is in the Great Basin that is sparsely populated.
He has long-predicted an incredibly large quake would strike south-west Alaska, Japan or islands ... participate in the largest earthquake drill on earth: The Great Shake Out.