RIDG

Independent Ridge, AK, USA

Operated by: Alaska Earthquake Center

Latitude: 63.7399 N

Longitude: -144.8462 W

Elevation: 2857.6 feet (871 meters)

Installed: 2007

Instrumentation at this station includes:

broadband seismometer

strong motion seismometer

RIDG was installed in 2007 at the Independent Ridge state microwave tower, about 30 miles southeast of Delta Junction. In 2015 the vault was replaced with a USArray-style borehole and new sensor. It communicates with our lab using a radio shot to the Delta Junction dump.