PS12

TAPS Pump Station 12, AK, USA

Operated by: Alaska Earthquake Center

Latitude: 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.