The earthquake was centered in Orcas at a depth of 156.3 kilometers (about 10.1 miles). The USGS said it received 6,574 ...

Mount Spurr is not the kind of lava-spewing volcano familiar from Hawaii, but instead has historically ejected huge plumes of ...

Alaska, one of the world’s most seismically active locations, just completed a relatively quiet year for earthquakes but a ...

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck at 5:02 a.m. Monday, March 3, in western Washington, the the U.S. Geological Survey ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska had two magnitude 6.3 earthquakes in 2024, and they were the state’s largest quakes for the year, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. Alaska Earthquake Center ...

Starting in the spring of 2024, the researchers noticed an increase in small earthquakes at the volcano, which sits on the ...

scientists say Small earthquakes have been occurring above ground at Mount Spurr since April, leading to odds of eruption of about 50%, Matthew Haney, scientist in charge of the Alaska Volcano ...

Mount Spurr in Alaska – rising some 3,370 meters or 11,070 feet above sea level  – could be about to erupt, with the number ...

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.

including an increasing number of earthquakes, according to a Feb. 6 statement from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The unrest suggests "that an eruption is possible," officials said. Since April ...

Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. The Alaska Sales and Service building in Anchorage, which was under construction, partially collapsed during the earthquake. Host Kim Sherry is joined by ...

Mount Spurr, which sits about 75 miles west of Anchorage, has seen “ volcanic unrest ” for the last 10 months, including an increasing number of earthquakes, according to a Feb. 6 statement from the ...