The Alaska Volcano Observatory is raising the alert level one notch for the Shishaldin Volcano on Unimak Island after recent ...

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the Aleutian megathrust is the primary cause of the strongest earthquakes in the region. It's a major subduction zone fault, an area where two tectonic ...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has hit Alaska just miles from Mount Spurr, which has been showing signs of unrest and is at risk ...

Officials have lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says this indicates that Mount Spurr is "quiet” months after showing signs of ...

Alaska’s volcano experts no longer expect an eruption anytime soon from Mount Spurr, the closest active volcano to Anchorage. On Wednesday, the Alaska Volcano Observatory formally lowered the alert ...

Earthquakes remind us that even the ground beneath our feet can have a mind of its own. For Anchorage citizens, that reality shook to life as the city hosted not one, but two earthquakes mere hours ...

A recent string of powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Russia and Alaska serve as stark reminders that the U.S. West Coast — from Seattle to San Diego — lies along one of Earth's most ...

Some volcanoes don’t give much — or any — warning before they blow. Veniaminof, Alaska, is one of them: it is a ”stealthy” ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has erupted 10 times in less than a month, and experts say more eruptions are possible. Bogoslof volcano has sent up ash ...

The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the Pacific northwest coast, has been showing signs of an impending eruption, ...