At 8:18 pm an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck on the western shore of Cook Inlet 60 miles northwest of Homer. The shaker, which occurred at a depth of 76 miles was felt in Anchorage and south to the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula and the northern portion of the Alaska […]
Walt Disney drilled for oil in Alaska in 1938. He and his associates wildcatted a second well on the Iniskin Peninsula on the southwestern end of Cook Inlet decades later, five years before Alaska became a state, and just months before he opened Disneyland. Unfortunately, Disney and his gang of Mickeys left much of their […]
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck 57 miles from Anchor Point at 1:42 pm on Tuesday afternoon. The quake was situated 60 miles northeast of Illiamna and seven miles to the northwest of Iliamna Volcano on the western side of Cook Inlet. The quake, felt throughout southcentral Alaska, occurred at a depth of 89 miles and […]
The amendment will affect the Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishing season. This action does not close any salmon fishing in state waters. NOAA Fisheries issued a final rule to implement Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska (Salmon FMP). The Final Rule, which filed in the Federal […]