A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake ...

"Based on previous eruptions, changes from current activity in the earthquakes, ground deformation, summit lake conditions, ...

Mount Spurr, 78 miles from Anchorage, is unusual in its potential to foul air quality, disrupt jet service and otherwise ...

Mount Spurr near Anchorage has been showing signs of unrest for a year. Now scientists think it's creeping closer to an ...

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

Anchorage School District officials are preparing for the potential eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano. The district ...

Since Wednesday, more than a dozen earthquakes have occurred in this region, with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater. Eight ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

Tuesday's earthquake hit 65 miles below the surface ... activity and ground deformation has put science on red alert. Anchorage officials raised the emergency planning level to Level 2 last ...

A clock hangs on the wall of an Anchorage bakery. It stopped telling time at 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964. It fell off the ...