The earthquake was centered near Stanley at a depth of 13.8 kilometers (about 8.6 miles). The USGS said it received five ...

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

Scientists say an earthquake happens in Alaska once every ten minutes. AP Probably the most well-known Alaskan earthquake was the Good Friday earthquake of 1964. It was a 9.2 tremor that killed ...

Two days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska is still shaking. Since Friday's tremor, the strongest to strike The Last Frontier since a 7.9 in the remote Rat Islands in ...

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.” ...

Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images On March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake in U.S. history struck Alaska. With a magnitude of 9.2, it was the second-most-powerful quake ever recorded on Earth.

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 ...