Have you ever wondered how seismic analysts locate earthquakes? Or maybe why earthquake solutions change over time? With the Alaska seismic monitoring network, we record an average of 100+ events daily.
The Alaska Geophysics Network: More than just Earthquakes!
Historically, the Alaska Earthquake Center has focused on seismic data. We currently maintain more than 250 stations across Alaska with broadband and/or strong motion seismometers.
Seismology in Schools Program Gets Students Shaking in Rural Alaska
"Could the seismograph detect how strong the waves crash against our island?" asked a student at Shishmaref School.
The 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake: Twenty Years of Shaking Up Alaska Seismology
On November 3, 2002, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook Interior Alaska for two to three minutes, the largest inland earthquake in North America in 150 years.
Staff Spotlight: Natalia Ruppert
Natalia Ruppert came to Alaska planning to stay for a semester. More than two decades later, she’s built a career at the Alaska Earthquake Center.
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Interior
The M4.8 earthquake that was felt widely on Sunday evening occurred along a well-known fault system about 40 miles west of Fairbanks (Fig. 1).
Staff Spotlight: Mitch Robinson, Snippets of a three-decade career
Mitch Robinson is retiring after 33 years at the Geophysical Institute. Throughout those decades he has been a quiet, steadfast part of the UAF and GI community.
2021 Seismicity Year in Review
Seismicity for 2021 has been analyzed, quality controlled, and cataloged (figure 1). Despite the largest U.S.
What happens when background noise is louder than an earthquake?
Noise is all around us, all the time. Vibrations in the earth are much the same. Natural and anthropogenic (or man-made) vibrations are a constant source of noise that is recorded on seismic sensors around the world.
A M4.9 Jolt in Interior Alaska
Tonight’s M4.9 earthquake at 9:56pm rattled the Interior, with felt reports from Fairbanks, North Pole, Salcha, Nenana, Healy, Cantwell, Delta Junction, Chugiak, Anchorage
