A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake centered near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami that pounded the ...

Alaska was hit by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake in March 1964, the strongest ever recorded in North America. It devastated Anchorage and unleashed a tsunami that slammed the Gulf of Alaska ...

It comes after a wave of wildfires hit Alaska in May and the beginning of ... originating in a remote mountainous region. No tsunami was expected, despite its proximity to the coast.

With a magnitude of 9.5, this is the strongest earthquake ever recorded. It caused massive destruction and triggered a powerful tsunami. A 9.1–9.3 magnitude earthquake struck on December 26, 2004. It ...

The earthquake hit at 10:08 a.m. local time and was ... making it relatively shallow. The National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska pegged the earthquake’s intensity at a slightly higher 5.6 ...

A catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck in Myanmar on Friday has caused buildings to collapse and killed over 100 people while authorities race to rescue people trapped in rubble. Hundreds ...