A major earthquake off Alaska with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has prompted a tsunami advisory for the state's southern ...

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter was situated some 54 miles (87 kilometers) south of the island town of Sand Point, ...

German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Sand Point, Alaska, on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning from the National ...

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

When considering total amount of water area, Alaska comes first at 94,743 square miles, compared to Michigan's about 40,175 square miles, the USGS data says. What does the USGS say about water area?

Technically recoverable oil refers to the amount that could be recovered through existing technology, regardless of economics ...

Map of the United States including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico showing landslide susceptibility from yellow (fewer landslides) to red (more landslides), where the areas without shading ...

The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) is part of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. DGGS’s main office is in Fairbanks on College Road near Beaver Sports.

The U.S. Geological Survey, in an estimate released in late June, said 49% of undiscovered technically recoverable oil resources on federal onshore land are in Alaska. The national total is 29.414 ...

The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...