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A powerful earthquake that prompted tsunami warnings and evacuations Tuesday night caused serious shaking in some Alaska Peninsula communities but little damage. Now, the state seismologist says ...
Alaska's monster 7.3 magnitude earthquake sent seismic waves worldwide raising fears of more destruction as graphs show the ...
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Alaska Peninsula on Wednesday, as reported by the German Research Centre for ...
The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...
The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold ...
The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off Alaska's southwest coast Wednesday night gave nearby residents a good shake and triggered tsunami warnings, but there were no large waves or any ...
A 7.0 earthquake just eight miles north of Los Angeles, with millions of people within its reach, would likely have been devastating. The estimated 25-mile depth of Alaska's big quake might have ...
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska, south of the Aleutian Islands, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 22), prompting fear of a tsunami, the U.S. Geological ...
Book review: The 1964 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in North America, remains a pivotal event in Alaska’s history, but its impact on the science of geology was even more significant.
There were great horrors, but what many children remember is missing their supper. The earthquake struck at 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on Good Friday. When the first shaking hit, many parents ...
Fifty years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake grabbed hold of south-central Alaska and started shaking. It didn’t cease for more than four minutes and was felt as far away as ...