[wds id=”10″] University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers recently gave Juneau and Sitka new information about what ocean waters near these Southeast Alaska communities might do during a tsunami. The information came from UAF Geophysical Institute tsunami modelers Elena Suleimani and Dmitry Nicolsky. They’re working to provide inundation maps and other information to the 60 to […]
A moderate 5.4 magnitude quake generated at a depth of forty-five miles originated approximately 10 miles north of Ninilchik on Saturday evening at 8:25 pm. The shaker could be felt up and down the western half of the Kenai Peninsula. While in areas close to the epicenter, residents felt heavy shaking, other portions of the Kenai […]
March 24, 2017 Juneau – Governor Bill Walker this week proclaimed March 27, 2017 as Earthquake Remembrance Day, and ordered all state flags to be lowered in honor of those who lost their lives in the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunamis. The 9.2-magnitude Good Friday earthquake is the second-largest in recorded history. It triggered tsunamis […]
The second-largest earthquake on the planet in 1904 happened somewhere in Alaska. It could have been St. Michael, Rampart, Fairbanks, Coldfoot or a place called Sunrise on the Kenai Peninsula. People felt the magnitude 7.3 at each place. If an earthquake happens today, within a few minutes Alaska Earthquake Center researchers post a map […]