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Tsunami warning lifted after earthquake off Alaska coast
The Hill via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA tsunami warning for Southern Alaska was lifted two hours after it was issued Saturday night, after...
In seismically active Alaska, plans for statewide residential building codes are on shaky ground
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSixty years after North America’s most powerful earthquake on record ripped through Alaska and 5 ½...
What is earthquake insurance?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoJames Brey/Getty Images Although there are many states prone to earthquakes, an earthquake can occur anywhere in the country at any time. Despite this...
A new algorithm could help detect landslides in minutes
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA photograph taken in the spring of 2016 of the debris field from an October 2015 landslide extends...
Why some huge earthquakes cause great destruction while others do little damage
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe magnitude of an earthquake isn't enough to determine how much death and destruction it will...
2 dead, 12 injured after magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks parts of Northern California
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt least two people died and 12 were injured after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Northern...
Aftershocks as strong as Turkey’s tremor are rare. Smaller shakes could still come.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe 7.5-magnitude tremor that struck Turkey on Monday after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake was an...
California earthquake puts early warning system to the test
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs sensors picked up the first signs of a strong earthquake jolting the Northern California coast,...
Polar Paradox: The Melting Arctic Could Destroy Indigenous Ways of Life While Making Some Alaskans...
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA decade ago, the west coast of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago was impassable by ships until May. Now...
U.S. transportation secretary touts federal investments in port, ferries during Alaska visit
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAug. 15—Thirty-foot tides, glacial silt and iron-eating microbes were top of mind for U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg after his visit to the Port of Alaska in Anchorage on Tuesday ...
