The Tsunami Warning Center recorded waves of less than 1 foot above normal as a result of the earthquake.
Satellite and webcam views indicated low-level ash emissions from Mount Veniaminof volcano. The ash plume did not rise above 10,000 feet, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said. Minor ash deposits are visible at the volcano, located 480 miles southwest of Anchorage.
People in Kodiak, Homer and Sand Point were among those who headed to higher ground after the quake prompted a tsunami warning from the Alaska Peninsula to the western Kenai Peninsula.
Gradual sea ice reduction and reconfiguration of the coast, have increased the rate of erosion near Port Heiden over the course of several decades. Draining of Goldfish Lake brings memories, loss of community landmark, and many emotions.
Landslides threatened community water supply, transportation, and residential homes.
Without ice to provide protection from storm waves, Port Heiden has lost the old town road.
Port Heiden’s road to its harbor and old village site is crumbling into the sea and the lake on the other side of it will likely breach soon. “The road is basically gone. [Erosion]’s cut right half into the road,” said Scott Anderson, the Native Village of Port Heiden’s Tribal Environmental Director.
Within the last year, they have measured twenty to one hundred feet of erosion along different sections of their coast line.
Goldfish Lake near Port Heiden is on the verge of draining into the Bering Sea.
Residents associated poor well water quality with earthquakes.
Without sea ice, our beaches are eroding.
Earthquakes have rattled through Port Heiden more often than usual this year. Michael West is the State Seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center. He took a look to compare this year’s quake numbers with other years. Listen Now
Fuel headers leading to bulk fuel farm out of service due to coastal erosion.
Severe storms wreak havoc to a Bering Sea community; the following weather conditions contributed to flooding, disrupting transportation routes, electrical transformers and seepage into local water wells.
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