The earthquake was centered in Nikolski at a depth of 35.2 kilometers (about 22 miles). The USGS said it received zero ...

They also caused significant damage in Hawaii. Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11, 2011. The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island.

On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake centered near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami that pounded the ...

Community organizer Miemie Winn Byrd told HPR that there are about 100 families from Myanmar in the islands who worry for ...

The tsunami made its way through the Pacific Ocean, causing up to $1 million of damage in Hawaii, where the waves destroyed boats and piers and killed six cows. The Great Tohoku Earthquake struck ...

A 2.8-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 4-mile ...

Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. They can happen anywhere, but they’re most common in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Puerto Rico and ...