Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...

Officials in the community of King Cove, which has about 870 residents and is on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, sent ...

Be the first to comment. However, the study authors noted that an earthquake with a seismic magnitude over 8.0 has not occurred in the region since Jan. 26, 1700. “Cascadia is a unique place.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted 87 km south of Sand Point, Alaska, the United States, at 20:37:40 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Dozens of residents reported feeling the 4.5-magnitude earthquake that hit 43 miles east of Kodiak at 7:14 a.m. Thursday, according to social media posts and the center's report page.