Carl Tape's midsummer trek through ghost towns and newspaper clippings brings new insights to an earthquake nearly erased by time.

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...

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While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...

Scientists worry that recent activity seen on a satellite at a volcano near a major U.S. city could spell disaster for ...

Scientists warn 1,000-foot ‘mega-tsunami’ could wipe part of America off the map Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the ...

In the North American continent, only Alaska experiences more earthquakes per year than California. The California Earthquake Authority reports that over 500 active faults crisscross the state.

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

A 5.1 earthquake that struck near Egegik on March 31, 2025 could be felt 190 miles away from its epicenter. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, Southwest Alaska's largest temblor in years, shook much of ...

Major strike-slip faults (about 1,000 kilometers in length) are notorious generators of large magnitude earthquakes, especially when the focal depth is shallow.

Sixty-one years ago today, March 27, 1964, the second most powerful earthquake on the planet shook Alaska and affected every other province and state along the west coast. Measuring 9.2 and lasting ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.