Alaska looks like one giant state, but underneath it is a hidden system of land ownership, federal control, and Native corporations. Instead of reservations like the Lower 48, Alaska built a corporate ...

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A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Alaska on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 8:11 a.m. Alaska time about 7 miles northwest of Susitna, ...

The source area and upper portion of a landslide runout at Pedersen Lagoon near Seward are seen on Aug. 9, 2024. The landslide that occurred two days earlier caused a local tsunami that reached a ...

For years, a national database that tracks and maps landslides has had a major hole: Alaska. That’s about to change. The state released a database this week that pinpoints where thousands of slides ...

The Cooperative National Geologic Map offers a complete and detailed look at the bedrock and fault systems of the continental United States. The first geological map of the United States was published ...

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In the past few weeks or so, Google Wallet app on Android now requires that you grant the location permission to get “detailed receipts” with addresses and maps. A detailed receipt includes merchant ...

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and offensive World War II-era place names with ones that honor the native ...

Star Wars fans rejoice: Lucasfilm has relaunched its vast project to map the sci-fi saga's galaxy, and published a hugely-detailed map with more than 500 planets. Ever wondered how far it is from ...

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