Why Alaska’s recent 7.3 earthquake has caught the attention of scientists - Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s ...

President Lyndon Johnson ordered a comprehensive scientific study of the earthquake. [See Photos of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake] The geologic discoveries transformed how we understand the Earth.

How the Great Alaska Earthquake Shook Up Science Sixty years ago, the largest earthquake in U.S. history shocked geologists. It’s still driving scientific discoveries today ...

Fifty years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake grabbed hold of south-central Alaska and started shaking.

President Lyndon Johnson ordered a comprehensive scientific study of the earthquake. [ See Photos of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake ] The geologic discoveries transformed how we understand the ...

Alaska experiences more earthquakes than any other state. And while many of the earthquakes shake unpopulated parts of the Last Frontier, a group of scientists is keeping tabs on the tremors.

As of Sunday afternoon, 162 aftershocks magnitude 3 or higher have shaken Alaska since Friday's 7.0 earthquake.

A powerful earthquake that prompted tsunami warnings and evacuations Tuesday night caused serious shaking in some Alaska Peninsula communities but little damage. Now, the state seismologist says ...

JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor near Alaska's Aleutian Islands, triggering shaking felt over vast distances and setting off a small tsunami ...

Ruppert thinks being a seismologist in Alaska was perhaps an advantage for a woman in science 30 years ago, a time when her colleagues were mostly men.