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The Alaska earthquake was reported three days after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake was reported in Guatemala on Tuesday (July 8), ...
While California and Alaska dominate conversations about earthquakes in the U.S., there's another seismic threat that could ...
Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...
Most of the U.S. volcanoes that have been making themselves known since spring woke up a bit, shook themselves off and then ...
ANCHORAGE — A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the last few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible indication of an impending eruption.
AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm," but ...
Earthquakes in Alaska are part of everyday life due to the state being extremely seismically active. So in 1987, the Alaska Earthquake Center was founded to monitor and research what happens when ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years.
The 11,000-foot-tall active volcano Mount Spurr, about 80 miles west of Anchorage, has experienced 22 earthquakes since April 10, leaving scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory unable to ...
Alaska is no stranger to earthquakes. In fact, it’s the most seismically-active state in the US, experts say. The state also experienced the second-largest earthquake to ever hit the US -- a 9.2 ...
Ruppert thinks being a seismologist in Alaska was perhaps an advantage for a woman in science 30 years ago, a time when her colleagues were mostly men. “There was no discrimination here — I ...