Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...

The 'wannabe faults' are found branching off of major fault lines like the San Andreas ... In the US, the 2002 magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquake that struck Alaska originated on a branch fault.

The researchers next plan to look closer at other strike-slip fault lines around ... with Alaska. This information could then be fed back into improving models for how earthquakes occur." ...

Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone within the next 50 years.

Alaska experiences frequent earthquakes due to its location along ... impact of earthquakes around the world). Information on fault lines and seismic zones comes from the USGS and the National ...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, Southwest Alaska's largest temblor in years ... shallow depth of about seven miles and struck near a fault line. Nadin says it was located between two active volcanic ...

"It's the only active fault that comes to the surface in southcentral Alaska," said geologist Peter Haeussler, a leading earthquake researcher ... Power would fail, phone lines would go down ...

The 'wannabe faults' are found branching off of major fault lines like the San Andreas ... In the US, the 2002 magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquake that struck Alaska originated on a branch fault.