PS12
TAPS Pump Station 12, AK, USA
Operated by: Alaska Earthquake CenterLatitude: 61.4749 N
Longitude: -145.1458 W
Elevation: 1846.1 feet (562.7 meters)
Installed: 2007
Instrumentation at this station includes:
broadband seismometer
strong motion seismometer
PS12 is located at Pump Station #12 of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. This site is off the Richardson Highway, tucked into a narrow valley in the Chugach Mountains, near the Little Tonsina River. 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.
