A 6.5 earthquake struck 22 miles to the west of Nikolski just after 6 am on Thursday morning. No tsunami watches or warning were issued for the event that took place at a depth of almost 71 miles. No ...

A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck in the remote Aleutian Island in southwest Alaska on the morning of ...

People come to fish for salmon and halibut, hike into mountains that rise almost straight from the sea, kayak protected bays, ...

The region’s history includes a magnitude 8.6 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands in 1957 and a magnitude 8.7 earthquake near the Rat Islands in 1965.

Michigan State University researchers are deploying ocean-floor seismometers in the Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone to investigate the fault responsible for the deadly 1946 tsunami and evaluate ...

Eighty years ago, a massive tsunami devastated parts of Hawaii, Alaska, Washington and Oregon following an earthquake off the ...

On July 9, 1958, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a colossal rockfall into Alaska’s Lituya Bay, sending roughly 90 million tons of rock plunging into the water. The impact produced a wave that ...

Old Harbor on Kodiak Island has started welcoming the occasional cruise ship, which presents new opportunities and ...