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 ...

Nearly 70 years ago, the U.S. state of Alaska was hit by a gigantic wave that holds the status of the largest ever recorded.

A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 ...

The wave then continued down the 7-mile length of Lituya Bay, ripping out or snapping off trees on either side of the bay at elevations up to 600 feet and then washed over a sand spit and into the ...

One of the prettiest places in Southeast Alaska has felt some of nature's most violent behavior. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 miles southeast of Yakutat and 40 miles west of Glacier ...

Cold Bay, Sand Point, and Kodiak in Alaska are in danger from the tsunami, which is likely to hit following a 7.3 earthquake.

A landslide last fall caused a giant wave not seen in Alaska since a storied 1958 event in Lituya Bay. After a period of heavy rains, a mountainside near Tyndall Glacier collapsed into a fiord of ...

As the wave swept through Lituya Bay, it was forced to rise up, reaching an estimated height of 1,720 feet on the other side of the bay, becoming a mega-tsunami. The sparsely populated bay was ...

A 1,000-foot tsunami striking the U.S. sounds like science fiction — but it’s not. In 1958, a wave over 1,700 feet tall reshaped Alaska’s Lituya Bay. Now, scientists warn it could happen again.

Adam Bucki operates a raft in the back of Lituya Bay. On the hillside behind are lighter-colored leaves of trees that have grown since a giant wave in 1958 scoured the hillside up to 1,700 feet.