Early on August 10, the Earthquake Center received reports from people out boating of a mysterious local tsunami in the Endicott Arm area of Southeast Alaska, with waves of 10–15 ft near Harbor Island (Figure 1).
What it takes to catch a landslide in Alaska
The Alaska Earthquake Center has been using seismic instruments to monitor unstable slopes in Prince William Sound since August 2023 (Figure 1).
Russia Quake Sends Waves to Alaska
The July 29 magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, is now tied for the 6th-largest recorded in the world (Fig. 1). It was followed immediately by tsunami alerts that spanned the Pacific, including Alaska.
Earthquakes reported in Alaska so far this year: 20417
