May 8

After a long spell with few earthquakes strong enough to be felt, over the last ten days we've had 3 earthquakes larger than magnitude 6, seven larger than M5, and more than fifty larger than M4. 

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January 31

Earthquakes beneath and around Denali are very common and in fact encapsulate three stories of Alaska seismicity in one location.

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January 30

UAF's Carl Tape will be speaking on Tuesday night in Fairbanks about his research into an elusive 1904 magnitude 7.3 earthquake that happened, we now believe, somewhere near Lake Minchumina. This is a detective story.

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January 24

We have completed processing of earthquakes for 2016. Here are some numbers:

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January 18

In response to user feedback, we have added a simplified list of recent earthquakes to our website. 

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December 20

Beginning on January 17, the Earthquake Center's Lea Gardine will be teaching a new online course for educators.

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October 4

Hundreds of seismic stations send data continuously to our lab from places scattered across Alaska.

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August 29

Please check out Mike's Alaska Dispatch piece, "Quake in Italy should remind Alaskans of our own peril."

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August 2

Many of you have noticed the significant swarm of small quakes occurring about 8 miles west of Mt. Spurr. Since June 11, there have been hundreds of earthquake-like events with magnitudes up to 2.4.

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March 29

Pavlof volcano began a new eruption on March 27 with little advance warning.

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