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Quake near Kodiak likely registered a 7.6-8.0 magnitude March 11th |
In 1900, Alaska was home to Native people in scattered villages and camps and recently arrived miners who scraped the creeks for gold. Many of the 60,000 souls on the rivers and hills of Alaska stumbled through a big shake that fall, especially those living on Kodiak Island.
The largest earthquake on the planet that year happened somewhere near Kodiak on Oct. 9, 1900. Scientists know it was big, but how big? And could it happen again?
Seismologist Carl Tape wanted to know more about the great 1900 earthquake. He works at University of Alaska Fairbanks??? Geophysical Institute, studying Alaska earthquakes and what causes them. He became interested in the 1900 earthquake because he suspected it was a big one, maybe a magnitude 8.
March 5th 12:20 pm |
By Alan Stuart Gross
Gov. Mike Dunleavy???s recent decision to appeal the Army Corp of Engineer???s rejection of the Pebble mine permit is the wrong move. The state of Alaska instead needs to find creative new sources of revenue to help bring the state into monetary balance and needs to move beyond its failed policies.
One thing is clear: given the strong national and statewide movement to protect the Bristol Bay watershed from open-pit mining, state ownership of that land and its resources is highly unlikely to bring significant development, jobs, or revenue to Alaska in the foreseeable future.
Dozens in Dillingham tested positive in February March 5th |
Twenty-nine Dillingham residents tested positive for COVID-19 in February, according to the city. That is the most resident cases the community has seen in a month.
Three of those cases were reported last week, between Feb. 20 - 26. According to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation those cases are travel-related. The people who tested positive and their households were advised to isolate, and the state public health team is contact tracing.
Thirteen cases were reported in the first week of February ?? that???s almost half of the total case count for the month.