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Set in the Northern Pacific Ocean, the Aleutian Islands—"Land of the Aleuts"—form an archipelago of 14 large volcanic islands ...
The one-mile creek, located on a largely uninhabited island, had been given its name during World War II after the Americans ...
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Wednesday afternoon just south of the northern Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The epicenter ...
PM Alaskan Daylight Time, a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred just south of Sand Point AK, part of the Aleutian ...
A tsunami warning that was later downgraded was issued for several coastal communities after the earthquake struck south of ...
German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...
The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold ...
In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible ...
Hawaii’s unique position in the center of the Pacific Ocean makes it particularly vulnerable to tsunamis from both distant ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes may be a future source of temblors — as well as potentially ...
That there were and why — from June 3, 1942, to Aug. 15, 1943 — is the story told in “On American Shores: The Aleutian Islands Campaign,” a changing exhibit on view at the National WWII ...