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If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, ...
Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7.
In some areas, the ground could sink 6 feet in the moments after an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, researchers warned.
Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are often felt but rarely cause much damage, according to Michigan Tech. Quakes below 2.5 magnitude are seldom felt by most people.
A major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could sink land and expand flood zones, putting thousands more at risk.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is offering free public tours to showcase some of its science ...
Two separate 4.5-magnitude earthquakes occurred within 45 miles of Kodiak on Thursday and Friday, among almost a dozen near ...
A future Cascadia earthquake could unleash far more than just devastating shaking — it could sink large parts of the Pacific ...
When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook Anchorage, Alaska, just after midnight local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Mount Spurr in Alaska has experienced 66 earthquakes in just one week, signaling increased instability around the volcano.
Thousands in the Pacific Northwest face a heightened flood risk, not just from rising sea levels, but from the land itself ...