The story of Inspiration Peak is part of a series called Lakes Country Treasures. Here, readers travel down the roads to some ...

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7. Over the past week, we recorded ...

A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami. While the immediate threat subsided, Alaska's ...

In July 1958, a wall of water higher than the Empire State Building tore through Lituya Bay, in the U.S. state of Alaska. Triggered by a magnitude 8.3 earthquake, 1,719 feet (524 meters) of ...