Landslides are a regular hazard in Alaska’s coastal mountains, where fast uplift from tectonic forces and long-term ice loss ...

Coastal communities in Alaska face some of the most significant tsunami hazards in the United States. Tsunamis can strike within minutes of an earthquake or coastal landslide, making tsunami awareness ...

Communities are selected with consideration to their tsunami hazard exposure, location, infrastructure, availability of data, ...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Alaskan town of Nikolski on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three-and-a-half hours. That's how long Washington's coast would have before a tsunami arrives if a magnitude 9.2 earthquake ...

A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck in the remote Aleutian Island in southwest Alaska on the morning of ...

A catastrophic megathrust earthquake in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone represents one of the most severe natural hazard threats to the Pacific Rim. New scientific modeling and simulated video ...

One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, ...

Communities in areas along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded a tsunami ...

For more than two decades, Elena Troshina has been traveling to Alaska coastal communities to support the National Tsunami ...

Large earthquakes have been common along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, except at the Shumagin Gap. Yinchu Li Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes.

Three-and-a-half hours. That’s how long Washington’s coast would have before a tsunami arrives if a magnitude 9.2 earthquake strikes Alaska. A new study from the Washington Geological Survey finds ...