A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake ...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, Southwest Alaska's largest temblor in years, shook much of the region on Monday night. The quake, which struck at about 8 p.m. Monday, was centered about 37 miles east ...

While it doesn’t rival the famed “Porky’s Rising,” this prank roped in dozens of University of Alaska students.

The Great Alaska Earthquake struck Alaska 61 years ago on March 27, 1964. Valdez resident Wade Huls was just 11 on that day, ...

and that has led to an alert level increase in the city of Anchorage as fears of an impending eruption grow. According to the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), numerous small, shallow earthquakes ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Governor Mike Dunleavy declared March 23 through 29 of this year as Tsunami Preparedness Week. It also marks 61 years since the Great Alaska Earthquake and the tsunamis that ...

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...

Mount Spurr, 78 miles from Anchorage, is unusual in its potential to foul air quality, disrupt jet service and otherwise ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.