Oil, gas drilling in pristine Alaska refuge moves forward
The Trump administration is moving forward on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, fulfilling a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose.
The Trump administration is moving forward on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, fulfilling a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose.
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattles Alaska's west Aleutian Islands
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rumbled north of Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Friday afternoon, but did not cause a tsunami or damage structures.The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred at 2:24 p.m. about 127 miles northwest of Attu Island near the far west end of the Aleutians.The Alaska Earthquake Center says the moderate earthquake was at a depth of about 16 miles.Residents of Shemya Island about 147 miles southeast of the earthquake felt the ground move.Attu is nearly 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rumbled north of Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Friday afternoon, but did not cause a tsunami or damage structures.The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred at 2:24 p.m. about 127 miles northwest of Attu Island near the far west end of the Aleutians.The Alaska Earthquake Center says the moderate earthquake was at a depth of about 16 miles.Residents of Shemya Island about 147 miles southeast of the earthquake felt the ground move.Attu is nearly 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage.
Magnitude 4.9 earthquake hits Alaskan island chain
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit part of the Aleutian Islands chain.The center says the quake struck about 12:43 p.m. Saturday Alaska time in the Fox Islands region of the Aleutians.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit part of the Aleutian Islands chain.The center says the quake struck about 12:43 p.m. Saturday Alaska time in the Fox Islands region of the Aleutians.
Big earthquake on Canada-Alaska border jolts faraway lawmakers awake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A magnitude-6.2 earthquake near the Canada-Alaska border jarred people awake, including lawmakers in the state capital, and set off a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude-6.3, officials said.The initial quake roused state Rep.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A magnitude-6.2 earthquake near the Canada-Alaska border jarred people awake, including lawmakers in the state capital, and set off a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude-6.3, officials said.The initial quake roused state Rep.
Magnitude-6.2 earthquake, aftershocks rattle corner of Canada, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the corner of British Columbia near the boundary with southeastern Alaska early Monday, waking people up and setting off a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude-6.3, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Agency geophysicist Amy Vaughan said it's not completely uncommon for an aftershock to be larger than the triggering quake, though normally the following quakes are smaller.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the corner of British Columbia near the boundary with southeastern Alaska early Monday, waking people up and setting off a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude-6.3, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Agency geophysicist Amy Vaughan said it's not completely uncommon for an aftershock to be larger than the triggering quake, though normally the following quakes are smaller.