More evacuees from coastal Alaska villages inundated by high surf last weekend are arriving in Anchorage. Officials say one ...

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault, according to USGS. Tectonic plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on an edge ...

The ground trembled off Alaska’s southern shores Thursday, delivering a fresh blow just as the state struggles to recover from unprecedented flooding. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck at 11:48 a.m.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the most significant airlifts in Alaskan history is underway by helicopter and military ...

On March 27, 1964, Alaska was struck by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America. This defense department film tells the dramatic story of that devastating event — the destruction ...

From Anchorage’s boom in the 1940s to its changing face in the aftermath of the 1964 earthquake, these images help tell the ...

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake prompted alerts about potential tsunami along the coast ...

Supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for communities across California.

The USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the ...

THE recent series of earthquakes recorded across the Philippines was not caused by manmade activity or foreign research programs, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) clarified. Science ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for the area, the U.S. Geological Survey said.