Earthquake swarm in Port Heiden continues

Aniakchak Monument and Preserve near Port Heiden. (Photo courtesy of Williams, M. /National Park Service)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’.
“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