With their close proximity to Japan, the Aleutian Islands seemed especially prone to an attack. Stretching westward into the Pacific Ocean, the chain of roughly 150 islands lay just 750 miles away ...

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands on March 21, 2025, at 15:03:29 GMT, according to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. The GFZ Helmholtz ...

Alaska’s western Aleutian islands and surrounding areas were rocked by a cluster of moderate to strong earthquakes on Sunday which scientists call a ‘swarm.’ State earthquake monitors have ...

The Discovery+ doc explores Alaska's rugged Aleutian Island chain with filmmaker Ian Shive and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife research team. “It was a trip of a lifetime,” says the Los Angeles-based ...

Eastward from the current arc, and separated from ... Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory).