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Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on July 16, 2025. While significant, the 1964 Prince William Sound ...
A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake has triggered a tsunami warning along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska's southern coast, ...
The now-famous Vine Road, in the Mat-Su area, collapsed where it crossed a swamp. Saturated soils liquefy easily in a shake. Vine Road, near Wasilla, was heavily damaged by an earthquake on ...
More than small 230 earthquakes have hit parts of Alaska since Friday, when a 7.0-magnitude tremor knocked out power, ripped open roads and splintered buildings near Anchorage.
July 16 (UPI) --A powerful earthquake was recorded near Alaska late Saturday with a recorded magnitude of 7.2, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS said on Twitter that the ...
Scientists say that one happens about every 10 minutes in Alaska, and according to the USGS, Alaska is the site of the second-largest earthquake ever recorded. 3 Alaska experiences more ...
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the state of Alaska on Friday morning, ... On March 27, 1964, Alaska was hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake, the strongest recorded in U.S. history, ...
The center also said that Alaska had recorded last year’s most powerful and third-most powerful earthquakes worldwide. In July 2021, a 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Seismologists announced Friday the magnitude of Alaska's powerful Nov. 30 earthquake has been revised to 7.1 from the earlier magnitude 7.0. Alaska Earthquake Center ...
Monday morning's notable earthquake was recorded about 12 miles south of Anchorage and about two miles south of Eagle River, Alaska, the USGS said.
That's mostly thanks to strict building codes passed after a 1964 Alaska earthquake. That earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2, the second-largest ever recorded, and killed more than 130 people.