An earthquake measuring a 5.6 magnitude rocked several islands near Alaska on Monday night. The tremors were felt across the Fox Islands in the volcanic Aleutian Islands chain at 9:13 p.m. local time.

That's after seismometers picked up an increased number of small earthquakes at the volcano and GPS sensors showed it was ...

An earthquake in Alaska causing seismic waves to penetrate the Earth's innermost inner core. Credit: Drew Whitehouse, Son Phạm and Hrvoje Tkalčic. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

The largest of the recent earthquakes in the region was a magnitude ... seismic unrest that did not lead to an eruption. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says it will closely monitor Mount ...

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Then on Oct. 9, scientists located 63 small earthquakes beneath Spurr, said Matt Haney, scientist-in-charge at the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The swarm was “one of the factors in our decision ...

Federal highway officials have announced $635 million of grants to repair or replace old bridges across the U.S. The grants ...

A tsunami warning was lifted hours after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska in the US. The quake hit 280km (173 miles) south-east of Kodiak, at a depth of 25km, at 00:31 ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO ... magma has risen from a depth of 12 miles to only six miles, causing recent earthquakes and deformation of the surface. ForbesHawaii's Mauna Loa, The ...

Most people think that earthquakes occur only in places like California, Alaska, and Japan. This couldn't be farther from the truth. Several major and numerous minor earthquakes have occurred in the ...