Welcome to your seismic update from across the state for the week of Jan. 21. I’m Michael West with the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7.

New research reveals that the highest tsunamis in history were caused by sudden landslides, not earthquakes, leaving ...

In a remote Alaskan bay, a massive landslide triggered a tsunami unlike anything ever recorded. The wave surged up the surrounding mountainsides, reaching a staggering height of more than 1,700 feet ...

The earthquake's epicentre was located in Shimane Prefecture. Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture ...

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A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday. There was no tsunami warning, and officials said there were ...

At least three Alaskans have died from complications of influenza so far this season, amid a surge in cases happening earlier than last year, according to state epidemiologists. Alaska has seen about ...

Officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s ...

China’s surplus reached $1.19 trillion last year, a 20 percent increase from 2024, as Beijing kept the currency weak and pursued self-reliance to replace imports. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit the western Chugoku region of Japan on Tuesday, Jan. 6, followed by a series of sizeable aftershocks, the Japan Meteorological Agency said ...

Sitkans felt the earth move on Saturday when an earthquake hit west of the community shortly before 1 p.m. The Alaska ...

A massive oil drilling rig toppled over on the tundra of Alaska’s North Slope as it was being moved Friday afternoon, ...