2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1001+ words) On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord. Twelve hours later, a landslide from the adjacent mountain unexpectedly collapsed into…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (651+ words) The history of earthquake-like signals created by the crashing of glacial ice into the ocean can reveal how a glacier has changed over time, according to research by a University of Alaska Fairbanks team. Their study focused on Alaska's Columbia…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (622+ words) This year, we're trying something a little different, showing you some trends in seismic activity (Figure 1) that rise above Alaska's constant seismic pops. The top part of Figure 2 shows a decade of events that at least two people reported they…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (735+ words) On March 4 at 8: 54 a. m. , a magnitude6. 4 earthquake struck the western Aleutian Islands, about 42 miles south of Buldir Island (Figure 1). No one felt it, and there were no reports of damage, landslides, or a tsunami. But the earthquake still caught our attention. That's…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (73+ words) Magnitude 1. 4 - 7 miles S of Central'Alaska Earthquake Center March 4, 202617: 16: 17 AKST (March 5, 202602: 16: 17 UTC)65. 4634 N144. 8056 W" Depth 3. 1 miles (5 km) This event has not been reviewed by a seismologist Did You Feel It? The University of Alaska is an equal opportunity/equal access employer and…...