Michael Livingston, who submitted the proposals to formally get rid of the existent names, said “Nazi Creek” is particularly ...

Just over a ridge west of Fairbanks, Minto Flats is an oval of swampy lowlands larger than Anchorage. It has intrigued oil ...

The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the ...

The Ketchikan City Council on Thursday heard a presentation from Alaska Department of Transportation representatives about the street projects that are both in progress and in the planning stages.

Monday's quake near Egegik was the area's strongest in over a decade. Scientists say it was likely caused by normal fault ...

On April 1, 1946, a strong earthquake near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska set off a massive tsunami that hit the Hawaiian ...

The head of the Myanmar junta is expected to travel to Bangkok on Thursday for a regional summit, six days after the country ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

There is a reason why California chooses the last week in March to focus on tsunamis. It marks our worst historic tsunami ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 rattled the coastal Los Angeles County area Sunday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 8:27 p.m. The epicenter was about 22.

Preliminary reports from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said tsunami waves were possible for coastlines within about 190 miles of the earthquake’s epicenter, including those on Tonga. The system ...

The Alaskan Volcano Observatory has shared new images of plumes of gas streaming out of Mount Spurr, which scientists suspect ...