It was on this day in 1964 that a massive 9.2 earthquake in Southcentral Alaska. The massive quake at 5:36 pm on March 27th caused much devastation throughout the region and generated a huge tsunami ...

Improving tsunami hazard assessments depends on understanding what happens at the moment an earthquake ruptures beneath the ...

Tsukuba, Japan—In July 2025, a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8-8.9 struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Notably, this event ruptured nearly the same region as the M9.0-class ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.1 megathrust earthquake struck off the coast of Japan. Violent tremors lasted for about six minutes, shifting the main island of Honshu up to eight feet east and ...

Where were you at 10:54 a.m. on February 28, 2001? At that moment, 25 years ago, there was a whole lotta shaking going on as the Nisqually Earthquake struck western Washington. The 6.8 magnitude quake ...

The western Aleutians have seen higher than average seismic activity since March 2, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.

After more than 300 years of quiet, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is on the verge of releasing immense energy. This underwater fault along the Pacific coast is something scientists are keeping a close ...

Auburn Magazine followed up on March 20, 2026, with a short Q&A that tackles the big questions: when a large quake might hit, ...