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Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring an unusually high number of moderate earthquakes near Adak Island. About a dozen tremors between magnitude 6.3 and 5 struck within hours ...
What’s Shaking Alaska?! Welcome to your seismic update from across the state for the week of July 23rd, brought to you by the ...
A once-overlooked fault line beneath North America may pose a far greater threat than previously realized. Canadian geologists have raised the alarm over the Tintina Fault, a hidden seismic hazard ...
Alaska experiences more earthquakes than any other state. ... So in 1987, the Alaska Earthquake Center was founded to monitor and research what happens when one of these events strikes.
Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7. Over the past week, we recorded ...
The USGS described the earthquake as "notable," confirming that it may have been felt by residents in Sand Point and nearby ...
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.
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 ...
A massive earthquake triggered a tsunami warning along parts of Alaska’s southern coast. The warning was later downgraded and ...
More than 80 seismic monitoring stations went dark in Alaska on Friday as a national project comes to an end. But the work leaves behind a more robust earthquake monitoring system than ever before ...
Alaska seismologists say continuing budget cuts are affecting their ability to quickly detect and pinpoint earthquakes. Listen now Years of budget cuts hamper monitoring of Alaska earthquakes ...
A set of earthquake monitors now installed across Alaska offers abundant possibilities for scientific research. But they could soon disappear. Scientists, lawmakers and federal agencies are ...