PS05
TAPS Pump Station 5, AK, USA
Operated by: Alaska Earthquake CenterLatitude: 66.8133 N
Longitude: -150.6646 W
Elevation: 1072.8 feet (327 meters)
Installed:
Instrumentation at this station includes:
broadband seismometer
strong motion seismometer
PS05 is located at Pump Station #5 of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. This site sits just off the Dalton Highway near the Prospect Creek Airport. Southeast of the community of Bettles, PS05 is nestled in the Jim River valley in the Yukon-Tanana Uplands. This site is part of a long-standing monitoring system for the pipeline. The Earthquake Center operates this system in conjunction with the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.


