VMT

Valdez Marine Terminal, AK, USA

Operated by: Alaska Earthquake Center

Latitude: 61.083 N

Longitude: -146.368 W

Elevation: 318.2 feet (97 meters)

Installed: 2007

Instrumentation at this station includes:

broadband seismometer

strong motion seismometer

VMT is located at the Valdez Marine Terminal, the southernmost pump station of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The marine terminal is snugged up against the steep mountains of Port Valdez fjord. 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.