Cook Inlet Basin Amplifies Earthquake Shaking
![A frame from Tape’s simulations of the 7.1 earthquake that shows the shape of Cook Inlet Basin and the dramatic shaking within. Courtesy of Carl Tape. Cook Inlet Basin Amplifies Earthquake Shaking](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image01-02-2016-07.20.55.jpg)
Millions of people live in dimples on the Earth’s surface — often near the ocean, in lowlands between mountain peaks too rugged and cold. One of these global indentations, Cook Inlet Basin, recently showed another characteristic of the planet’s basins — they quiver like a bowl of jelly during an earthquake. Many people in Anchorage […]