A 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake near Russia caused a tsunami scare. Here's why we fear the destructive waves ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Emergency sirens sounded around Hawaii late Saturday warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. Even as many people along ...

ADAK, Alaska – A 7.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered a Tsunami Advisory for the Aleutian Islands in Alaska on Thursday, but the alert has since been canceled. The quake struck just before ...

A 7.3M earthquake struck near Alaska on Wednesday afternoon. The quake was reportedly felt in Anchorage, which is 600 miles away from the epicenter. A Tsunami Warning was issued for coastal areas in ...

On day 78 of kayaking the Inside Passage, a trio of sea kayak guides and instructors woke at 5:45 in the morning to a rush of water that missed their tent by inches. "I think when a lot of people ...

A tsunami advisory has now been cancelled after it was issued for the western Aleutian Islands in Alaska shortly after a large aftershock hit far eastern Russia on Thursday morning, local time. The ...

The largest recorded earthquake in United States history was the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake, which struck on March 27, 1964, and registered magnitude 9.2 on the moment magnitude scale, according to ...

The first tsunami waves have already struck Alaska, Japan, and Russia following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific. The world’s largest in 14 years, ...

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

JUNEAU, Alaska -- A reported 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula on Monday prompted tsunami warnings for a vast swath of communities, leading some schools to evacuate and send students ...