Earthquake Today in Alaska: Recent History of Quakes in the Region The Anchorage area experienced a 6.0-magnitude tremor last year, while the region sees substantial seismic activity, which usually ...

Researchers studying a massive landslide in Alaska have detected strange seasonal seismic pulses caused by water freezing and thawing in rock cracks. These faint signals could become an important ...

Alaska in the United States was hit by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake on Friday, August 9. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred 76 kilometres southeast of Atka at a depth of 16.7 ...

What’s Shaking Alaska?! Welcome to your seismic update from across the state for the week of Sept. 9, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7. Over the ...

Landslides happen all the time in Alaska. But historically, the main way experts found out about a landslide was if someone witnessed it themselves. “Like someone flying by, or someone would just see ...

Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes. Others move slowly over time. For years, the leading explanation for slow-moving faults has been that high-pressure ...

Large earthquakes have been common along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, except at the Shumagin Gap. Yinchu Li Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes.