RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Seismologists at the University of California, Riverside studying earthquakes in the seismically and volcanically active Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone have found that “slow earthquakes” are occurring continuously, and could encourage damaging earthquakes. Slow earthquakes are quiet, can be as large as magnitude 7, and last days to years. Taking place mainly at the […]
Glaciers and ice sheets move in unique and sometimes surprising patterns, as evidenced by a new capability that uses satellite images to map the speed of flowing ice in Greenland, Antarctica and mountain ranges around the world. With imagery and data from Landsat 8, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, […]
Following notification by Anchorage police of a REDDI vehicle in the vicinity of Potter’s Marsh south of Anchorage, troopers responded to the area an attempted a traffic stop. Troopers responded to mile 112 of the Seward Highway and located the vehicle. As they attempted to stop the vehicle, it sped away in excess of 100 […]