11-30-2016, 03:46 PM
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Beginning in April, a series of earthquakes has rattled Port Heiden and surrounding areas more often than usual.
"If we look back over the past 15 years or so at earthquake activity in the area of Port Heiden that's shallow in the earth, what we can say is that the vast majority of those, meaning more than half of them, have occurred thus far in 2016," said Michael West, state seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center.
Beginning in April, a series of earthquakes has rattled Port Heiden and surrounding areas more often than usual.
"If we look back over the past 15 years or so at earthquake activity in the area of Port Heiden that's shallow in the earth, what we can say is that the vast majority of those, meaning more than half of them, have occurred thus far in 2016," said Michael West, state seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center.