Tips on what to do to keep safe before and during an earthquake
On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord.
As we slide into spring here in Alaska, memories of last year’s earthquakes and other remarkable seismic events are probably fading fast.
The Alaska Earthquake Center has been using seismic instruments to monitor unstable slopes in Prince William Sound since August 2023 (Figure 1).
Alaskans are closer to having critical seconds of warning that shaking from a major earthquake is about to occur.
Earthquakes reported in Alaska so far this year: 13583
