Glacier valley and snowy rugged peaks of Alaska
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Alaska & Aleutian Arc

North America's most seismically violent region, source of the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake (Mw 9.2). The Pacific plate subducts beneath Alaska at 5-7 cm/yr, routinely producing M7+ to M8+ megathrust earthquakes.

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Tectonic Profile

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Associated Faults4

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Living within seismically active radius (~300 km)

Building VulnerabilityModerate

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Mixed construction stock with regional engineering standards

Tectonic Setting

Subduction Zone

Critical Hazard

Major plate boundary with high strain accumulation

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Regional Volcanism & Monitored Vents

Active vents and Holocene volcanic structures within the monitored boundary (Alaska & Aleutian Arc) · 71

2023
Shishaldin
Stratovolcano
2.9 km
2022
Pavlof
Stratovolcano
2.5 km
2021
Veniaminof
Stratovolcano
2.5 km
2020
Cleveland
Stratovolcano
1.7 km
2017
Bogoslof
Stratovolcano
0.1 km
2009
Redoubt
Stratovolcano
3.1 km
2008
Okmok
Shield volcano
1.1 km
2006
Fourpeaked
Stratovolcano
2.1 km
2006
Augustine
Lava dome
1.2 km
1998
Chiginagak
Stratovolcano
2.2 km
1995
Makushin
Stratovolcano
1.8 km
1992
Akutan
Stratovolcano
1.3 km
1992
Westdahl
Stratovolcano (?)
1.6 km
1992
Spurr
Stratovolcano
3.4 km
1977
Ukinrek Maars
Maar
0.1 km
1974
Trident
Stratovolcano
1.9 km
1953
Martin
Stratovolcano
1.9 km
1931
Aniakchak
Caldera
1.3 km
1929
Kagamil
Stratovolcano
0.9 km
1912
Katmai
Stratovolcano
2.0 km
1912
Novarupta
Caldera
0.8 km
1912
Wrangell
Shield volcano
4.3 km
1878
Vsevidof
Stratovolcano
2.2 km
1876
Iliamna
Stratovolcano
3.1 km
1830
Fisher
Stratovolcano
1.1 km
1814
Ugashik-Peulik
Stratovolcano
1.5 km
1800
Iskut-Unuk River Cones
Pyroclastic cone
1.9 km
1796
Amak
Stratovolcano
0.5 km
1710
Snowy Mountain
Stratovolcano
2.2 km
1200
Hayes
Stratovolcano
3.0 km
950
Edziza
Stratovolcano
2.8 km
847
Churchill
Stratovolcano
5.0 km
300
Imuruk Lake
Volcanic field
0.6 km
500 BCE
Mageik
Stratovolcano
2.2 km
800 BCE
Yantarni
Stratovolcano
1.3 km
1050 BCE
Buzzard Creek
Tuff ring
0.8 km
1790 BCE
Griggs
Stratovolcano
2.3 km
1890 BCE
Dana
Stratovolcano
1.4 km
1900 BCE
Black Peak
Stratovolcano
1.0 km
2080 BCE
Edgecumbe
Volcanic field
1.0 km
3850 BCE
Kaguyak
Lava dome
0.9 km
7050 BCE
Hoodoo Mountain
Pyroclastic cone
1.9 km
7600 BCE
Roundtop
Stratovolcano
1.9 km
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Tana
Stratovolcano
1.2 km
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Uliaga
Stratovolcano
0.9 km
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Recheschnoi
Stratovolcano
2.0 km
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Frosty
Stratovolcano
1.7 km
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Dutton
Stratovolcano
1.5 km
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Emmons Lake Volcanic Center
Caldera
1.5 km
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Pavlof Sister
Stratovolcano
2.1 km
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Stepovak Bay Group
Volcanic field
1.6 km
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Kupreanof
Stratovolcano
1.9 km
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Kialagvik
Stratovolcano
1.7 km
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Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W
Lava dome
0.4 km
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Denison
Stratovolcano
2.3 km
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Steller
Stratovolcano
2.3 km
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Kukak
Stratovolcano
2.0 km
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Douglas
Stratovolcano
2.1 km
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Ingakslugwat Hills
Volcanic field
0.2 km
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St. Michael
Volcanic field
0.7 km
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Duncan Canal
Volcanic field
0.0 km
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Tlevak Strait-Suemez Island
Volcanic field
0.1 km
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Behm Canal-Rudyerd Bay
Volcanic field
0.5 km
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Fort Selkirk
Volcanic field
1.2 km
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Alligator Lake
Volcanic field
2.2 km
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Atlin Volcanic Field
Pyroclastic cone
1.9 km
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Tuya Volcanic Field
Volcanic field
2.1 km
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Heart Peaks
Shield volcano
2.0 km
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Level Mountain
Shield volcano
2.2 km
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Spectrum Range
Shield volcano
2.4 km
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Crow Lagoon
Pyroclastic cone
0.3 km
Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Volcanoes of the World