Timeline

  • 1986
    Alaska Earthquake Information Center Established
    Alaska Earthquake Information Center logo

    The Alaska Earthquake Information Center is established as a collaborative effort between the state of Alaska, the Geophysical Institute and the USGS. The group begins monitoring earthquake activity in Alaska to provide public and government agencies with real-time information on seismic events.

  • 1986
    Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
    Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant

    The disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine on April 26 kills, displaces and sickens countless people. Concern heightens over the long-range transport of global pollution toward the Arctic.

About

Since it was established by an Act of Congress in 1946, scientists at the Geophysical Institute have studied geophysical processes from the center of the Earth to the surface of the sun and beyond, turning data and observations into information useful for state, Arctic and national priorities.

Contact info

The GI is located on the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

2156 Koyukuk Drive
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775

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