Shaking Alaska?! Welcome to your seismic update from across the state for the week of August 26th, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7.
Over the past week, we recorded about 650 earthquakes. The largest was a magnitude 5.4 on August 23rd, part of the ongoing swarm near Buldir Island. 9 earthquakes were reported felt.
This week, our tsunami scientist Elena Troshina is visiting Wrangell and Petersburg in Southeast Alaska, along with colleagues from the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Coastal Alaska communities live with the most serious tsunami hazard in the United States. The Earthquake Center’s tsunami program works with individual communities to provide science-based information to help with emergency planning.
In Wrangell, Troshina will present local leaders and emergency managers with a tsunami hazard map based on her latest models of potential tsunami flooding. In Petersburg, where the process is just starting, the tsunami group will meet with decision-makers about community needs. In both places, the tsunami hazard experts will give school and community presentations about tsunami science.
Our community and state partners devote considerable time to help develop valuable tsunami safety resources for the people who live, work, and play in coastal Alaska. To view tsunami hazard areas by community, visit tsunami.alaska.edu.
