Amchitka Island sits at the midway point on the great arc of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, less than 900 miles across the Bering Sea from the coast of Russia. Amchitka, a spongy landscape of maritime ...

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm," but the state's ...

People who might have been exposed to radiation from atomic weapons tests conducted in the Aleutians half a century ago have extra time to apply for compensation from a federal program, under the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of ...

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm,” but the ...