Officials in the community of King Cove, which has about 870 residents and is on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, sent an alert calling on those in the coastal area to move to higher ground.

The National Weather Service said there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Alaska Peninsula.

A tsunami advisory was lifted Wednesday afternoon for a portion of the Alaskan Peninsula coastline following a 7.3 magnitude ...

A tsunami warning that was then downgraded to an advisory was triggered by a 7.3-magnitude quake in the Gulf of Alaska on Wednesday, according to data from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System, which is ...

The National Weather Service said they were reasonably confident that the Kenai Peninsula Borough locations will not see impacts.

Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

In a groundbreaking study published in Science, scientists have uncovered a rare type of earthquake occurring beneath the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Japan. This phenomenon, known as a slow-slip ...

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How XL Construction built a building on top of a building in an earthquake zone Cal Berkeley’s $95 million Grimes Engineering Center sits just 1,300 feet from the menacing Hayward Fault.

Hagen, M. and Azevedo, A. (2016) Gravitational Moon-Earth Forces Triggering Earthquakes in Subduction Zones. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, 8, 1-14.

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Iran on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:19 p.m. Iran time about 22 miles southwest of ...