Seismology Group
Elevated seismicity continues at Central Aleutians volcano 
8.3 quake, landslide produce powerful waves in 1958
Ash cloud detaches, drifts away
Event draws more than 21,000 attendees, media
Graduate students can sign up now for three credit course
Collection expands
Until Director McCoy's arrival, Christensen will lead GI
Increased activity documented throughout August
GI volcanologists travel to investigate
Alaska is no stranger to the devastating effects of tsunamis. The state has experienced 37 since the 1800s, three of which are known around the world for the amount of destruction they caused: the 1964 Alaska Tsunami, the 1958 Lituya Bay Tsunami and the 1946 Aleutian Tsunami. Alaska is prone to tsunamis because of two factors: our enormous amount of coastline and our tendency for large earthquakes. The Alaska Tsunami Education Program (ATEP), a new project developed by staff at the Geophysical Institute, aims to use Alaska’s risk of tsunamis as a springboard for polishing students’ math and science skills. Developers received $1,815,453 from the United States Department of Education to push ATEP to fruition and work has begun on the K-12 curriculum.
