Scientists provided an update Thursday on the chances of an eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska, a situation being ...

At least seven aftershocks were reported immediately after the initial earthquake, CBS News reports. The earthquake was ...

When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake centered near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami that pounded the ...

Monday's quake near Egegik was the area's strongest in over a decade. Scientists say it was likely caused by normal fault movement, but are monitoring volcanic activity.

The National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska pegged the earthquake’s intensity at a slightly higher 5.6 magnitude but said no tsunami is expected. The USGS received reports of strong shaking ...

At least 55 earthquakes have been recorded in the last week and there are increasing fears Mount Spurr could be set to erupt, ...

Minto Flats spills out in frozen lakes and rivers just beyond the village of Minto during sunrise on March 23. (Photo by ...

Also known as the Good Friday Earthquake, a 9.2 quake in southern Alaska and tsunami killed 131 people and caused over $2 billion in damage across the cities of Anchorage, Chitina, Glennallen ...

If the landslide at the Barry Arm fjord collapses, its falling ice and rock could generate a devastating 650-foot-high tsunami ...