PS01

TAPS Pump Station 1, AK, USA

Operated by: Alaska Earthquake Center

Latitude: 70.258 N

Longitude: -148.6141 W

Elevation: 29.5 feet (9 meters)

Installed: 2008

Instrumentation at this station includes:

broadband seismometer

strong motion seismometer

PS01 is located at Pump Station #1 of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, on the tundra of the Arctic Coastal Plain. This site is part of a long-standing monitoring system for the pipeline. The field team reported temperatures can reach -40 even into late March. The Earthquake Center operates this system in conjunction with the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.