Keeping the Alaska Earthquake Center’s seismic network of more than 250 stations powered through all sorts of conditions is one of the field team’s crucial tasks year-round.
St. Lawrence Island lies in the Bering Sea, just south of the Bering Strait, and is one of the most remote places in North America. The island is only 45 miles (72 km) from Russia—you can clearly see the Russian coastline from the village shore.
Informing fieldwork decisions from the lab
Our staff spend much of their time each summer working in the field on the stations that make up our seismic network, but the work of maintaining these stations is not limited to the summer or even to the field.
With a trip to Chirikof Island, field season is underway
Two of our field crew, blessed with adequate weather, made the 180-mile flight from Kodiak to Chirikof Island last week. Once there, they replaced two aging seismometers, measured battery voltages and radio signal strength, and then checked on the
Earthquakes reported in Alaska so far this year: 21462
