Alaska Earthquake Center.

AuthorSlaten, Russ
PositionINSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

Alaskans can plan better for earthquakes following the installation of almost ninety new high-grade seismic instruments capable of measuring minute vibrations in the Earth. The instruments were installed in Southern and Interior Alaska as part of the EarthScope Transportable Array deployment, a $40 million, five-year, temporary National Science Foundation-funded project. Scientists plan to eventually install about 260 sites.

The 2016 deployment will focus on the North Slope region of Alaska, while the 2017 deployment will look at western Alaska. These large regions have had limited, if any, seismic study. The temporary deployment will help to shed light on...

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