THE M 7.9 DENALI FAULT EARTHQUAKE OF NOVEMBER 3, 2002

INFORMATION, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF EFFECTS AND DAMAGE, AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE SHAKING.

  • I was out of the state when the earthquake occurred. Bummer!

  • How the M 7.9 earthquake looked on my seismograph

    PHOTOGRAPHS

  • Aerial Photo of the Denali fault and location of the earthquakes

  • Earthquake Effects Photographs: ground rupture, liquifaction, TAPS damage...

  • Aerial Photographs of the earthquake's effects: rockfall, debris avalanches, road offsets, glacier cracking, and more.....

  • Aerial Photographs of the earthquake's effects on glaciers in the central and eastern Alaska Range

  • Denali Earthquake Damage, November 3, 2002. On Tok Cutoff Highway, mile 67 to 78.

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    PERSONAL ACCOUNTS AND NEWS ARTICLES

  • Personal accounts and news articles.

    ANIMATIONS

  • Animation of the M6.7 and M7.9 earthquakes and aftershocks

    FOCAL MECHANISM

  • Focal Mechanism plot

    SEISMOLOGICAL DATA FOR THE EARTHQUAKE

  • Alaska Interior Reveals Scars and Ruptures from 7.9 Denali Fault Quake: Descriptions and photographs from USGS and ADDGS surveys. Excellent!

  • Source rupture processes of the central Alaska earthquake of Nov. 3, 2002, inferred from teleseismic body waves ....." A strike-slip rupture started near the epicentral area and rapidly extended to the east (with a velocity of) 3 km/s".....

    2002 AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION FALL MEETING

    Denali Fault Quake Offers Clues for Hazards in Future Quakes, Science Magazine Reports

    AFTERSHOCKS

  • Aftershocks located in the general area of the main shock (NEIC database search results, ML 2 and above, 10/3 - 10/18)

  • Aftershocks located by AEIC (updated frequently).

    INTENSITY MAP

  • Intensity Map of M 7.9 Earthquake

    STRONG MOTION DATA

  • USGS National Strong Motion Program data for the November 03, 2002 22:12 UTC Mw 7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska Earthquake

    GPS MEASUREMENTS AND STRESS TRANSFER STUDIES

  • Continuous GPS Measurements

  • GPS Velocities for Denali

  • Static stress transfer during the 2002 Nenana Mountain-Denali Fault, Alaska, earthquake sequence