PS01
TAPS Pump Station 1, AK, USA
Operated by: Alaska Earthquake CenterLatitude: 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.
