A subduction zone, composed of the deep Aleutian Trench coupled with a landward line of volcanoes, creates a series of offshore islands (the Aleutians) as well as a line of volcanoes along the ...

Beneath Alaska’s breathtaking landscapes and pristine wilderness lies one of the most geologically active regions on the ...

The centre also clarified that small earthquakes swarms occur every couple of years on average across the subduction zone along the Aleutian chain, the last one being in May. Much of Alaska ...