SKN
Skwentna, AK, USA
Operated by: Alaska Earthquake CenterLatitude: 61.98 N
Longitude: -151.5317 W
Elevation: 1906.1 feet (581 meters)
Installed:
Instrumentation at this station includes:
short period package
broadband seismometer
strong motion seismometer
meteorological package
Infrasound sensor
SKN is 70 miles NW of Anchorage, near Skwentna and just east of Shell Lake. It was installed in 1972 and upgraded with digital broadband equipment in 2006. In 2015 it was upgraded with a 9-foot borehole and new sensor with support from the USArray project. This site is generously hosted by our partners at the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
The Last 24-Hours
UTC times are 9 hours ahead of Alaska time (8 hrs during daylight savings). Seismogram view is courtesy of the IRIS Data Management Center. For additional views of this stations data:
4-day seismogramlong-term spectogram
noise PDF viewer