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A powerful 7.4 earthquake has struck off the coast of Russia, with the tremor felt in Alaska, Japan, and Hawaii, prompting ...
Why Alaska’s recent 7.3 earthquake has caught the attention of scientists - Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s ...
Wednesday's magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...
Rebuilding Terminal 1 in a seismic zone? Here’s how San Diego International Airport tackled earthquake risks head-on.
A tsunami warning in Alaska has forced local communities to evacuate to higher ground following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, impacting thousands of residents and properties in northern California ...
A future Cascadia earthquake could unleash far more than just devastating shaking — it could sink large parts of the Pacific Northwest coastline, dramatically expanding flood zones and leaving ...
A 5.1 earthquake that struck near Egegik on March 31, 2025 could be felt 190 miles away from its epicenter. (USGS Interactive Map) A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, Southwest Alaska’s largest temblor ...
Alaska, one of the world’s most seismically active locations, just completed a relatively quiet year for earthquakes but a busy year for landslides.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile environmental interactions ...
How the Great Alaska Earthquake Shook Up Science Sixty years ago, the largest earthquake in U.S. history shocked geologists. It’s still driving scientific discoveries today ...