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Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (SUSITNA, Alaska) — A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Alaska early Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at 8:11 a.m. local time near Susitna, which is about 30 miles from Anchorage, according to the USGS. A tsunami is not expected to form as a […]

Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 struck the southeastern portion of Hawaii’s Big Island Wednesday night just before midnight local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The event was located on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, according to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. No tsunamis were expected […]

NOAA (LOS ANGELES) — A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Pacific coast, sparking tsunami warnings and evacuations of coastal areas in Hawaii and alerts along the U.S. West Coast. Latest In Russia, a camera captured the eruption of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano — the highest mountain in the region — sending hot lava […]

(SAND POINT, ALASKA) — A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Sand Point, Alaska, on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning from the National Weather Service. The warning was later downgraded to an advisory, according to the agency. Sand Point is located on northwestern Popof Island, off the Alaska Peninsula. It’s approximately 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, […]

This map released by the USGS shows the epicenter of the earthquake new Pargue, Oklahoma, on Feb. 2, 2024. (USGS) (OKLAHOMA) — A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Oklahoma late Friday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake’s rating would tie it for the fourth largest rating in state history. The epicenter […]