And while the advisory assured that the “likelihood of an eruption continues to gradually decline,” the 11,000-foot-tall volcano remains at an “elevated state of unrest,” meaning that an “explosive ...

The earthquake was centered near Petrolia at a depth of 2.6 kilometers (about 1.6 miles). The USGS said it received zero ...

The Great Alaska Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the United States. Its violent tremors reshaped ...

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

Despite a decline in volcanic activity over the past two months, Spurr is at a yellow alert level, indicating that activity ...

Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone within the next 50 years.

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...

A new study by geoscientists at Virginia Tech, published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, estimates a 15 ...

ALASKA, USA — A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported.

They stamped their feet into the grass as Natalia Ruppert, a researcher with the Alaska Earthquake Center, counted to 10. “OK, stop,” she said. “I think that will show something.” ...

Swarm' of Moderate to Strong Earthquakes Hit Alaska's Western Aleutian Islands Without Damage AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska's ...

The 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake would have a profound effect on the career of the Russia-born Ruppert, who after 30 years at the Alaska Earthquake Center in Fairbanks is now moving on to a new ...