Mount Spurr in Alaska – rising some 3,370 meters or 11,070 feet above sea level – could be about to erupt, with the number of small and recent earthquakes in the area now into the thousands.

In recent updates, the Alaska Volcano Observatory has reported an increase in seismic activity near Mount Spurr, which is located approximately 75 miles west of Anchorage. As of October 2024, the ...

After the huge destruction and aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake, we take a look at some of the most powerful tremors ever ...

Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring a series of earthquakes near Adak Island in the western Aleutians, ...

Satellite view of Mount Spurr, Alaska. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025) ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean shook the Los Angeles area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported ...