Welcome to your seismic update from across the state for the week of Jan. 14, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7. Over the past week, we recorded about 700 seismic events, of which a third were aftershocks of
December’s Hubbard Glacier Earthquake. Five earthquakes were reported felt, and the largest was a magnitude 4.6 south of Adak on Jan. 8.
The Alaska Earthquake Center cannot operate alone; we collaborate with an array of partners in order to advance research, detection, and analysis of earthquake-related hazards across the state.
In our landslide program, we partner with the National Tsunami Warning Center, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Alaska Volcano Observatory, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.
Working with FEMA, the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the state survey, and the tsunami warning center, we provide tsunami hazard information to coastal communities. Our network provides weather data to the National Weather Service.
We are one of many regional seismic networks that comprise the Advanced National Seismic System. We rely on public and private partnerships across the state for earthquake monitoring.
In the coming weeks, we’ll tell you more about each of these partnerships. You can also learn about them under the “Resources” and “About Us” tabs on the website, earthquake.alaska.edu.
