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Why Alaska’s recent 7.3 earthquake has caught the attention of scientists

Why Alaska’s recent 7.3 earthquake has caught the attention of scientists - Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s ...

USGS reports 6.6 magnitude quake Southwest of Samoa’s capital, no tsunami warning issued

A strong earthquake hit near Samoa. The US Geological Survey reported the event. It measured 6.6 in magnitude. The location ...

Quake strikes 24 hours after GOP senator warns Trump’s public radio cuts threaten disaster alerts

A powerful earthquake struck a Republican senator's home state Wednesday. Just a day earlier, she'd slammed budget cuts that ...
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Google turned millions of phones into surprisingly effective earthquake detectors

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

Here’s where public broadcasting cuts hit the hardest

President Donald Trump’s rescissions package targets public media. The smallest stations serving rural America are set to ...

7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Prompts a Tsunami Alert on the Alaska Coast

A tsunami warning that was then downgraded to an advisory was triggered by a 7.3-magnitude quake in the Gulf of Alaska on Wednesday, according to data from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System, which is ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shakes Panama, with no reports of damage

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit around midday about 130 miles south of Punta Burica at a preliminary depth of 6 ...