| MAP | 7.1 | 2011/09/02 10:55:54 | 52.184 | -171.684 | 35.5 | FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
| Date/Time (UTC) | Magnitude | Area | Country | State/Prov./Gov. | Location | Risk | Source | Result | ||
| 17.12.2009 - 20:01:25 | 6.2 | North America | USA | Alaska | Adak |  |  | | RSOE-EMSC | Result |
| Location | Volcano | Type | Distance |
| Aleutian Is | Takawangha | Stratovolcano | 90.79 km |
| Aleutian Is | Segula | Stratovolcano | 85.68 km |
| Aleutian Is | Tanaga | Stratovolcanoes | 85.31 km |
| Aleutian Is | Davidof | Stratovolcano | 76.88 km |
| Aleutian Is | Little Sitkin | Stratovolcano | 68.10 km |
| Aleutian Is | Gareloi | Stratovolcano | 57.02 km |
| Aleutian Is | Semisopochnoi | Stratovolcano | 33.85 km |
Update time = Tue Oct 13 20:55:21 UTC 2009
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 6.3 | 2009/10/13 20:21:54 | 52.634 | -167.149 | 13.7 | FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
Update time = Tue Oct 13 5:52:10 UTC 2009
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 6.2 | 2009/10/13 05:37:29 | 53.132 | -167.067 | 67.9 | FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
The lack of a real-time seismic network at Cleveland means that AVO is unable to track local earthquake activity related to volcanic unrest. Short-lived explosions with ash plumes that could exceed 20,000 ft above sea level can occur without warning and may go undetected on satellite imagery.
ASSOCIATED PRESS - September 24, 2009 at 10:29AM AKST
Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast.
Federal wildlife researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey on their way to a walrus tagging project spotted 100 to 200 carcasses near Icy Cape about 140 miles southwest of Barrow.
They report the dead walruses appeared to be mostly new calves or yearlings. However, neither the age of the dead walruses nor the cause of death is known, said Bruce Woods, spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“It’s just too early to say until we can get someone on the ground,” Woods said.
Alaska's Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents onto the remote Aleutian island, decimating the local bird population.
After dropping poison onto the island from helicopter-hoisted buckets for a week and a half last autumn, there are no signs of living rats and some birds have returned, according to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Rats have ruled the island since 1780, when they jumped off a sinking Japanese ship and terrorised all but the largest birds on the island.
The incident introduced the non-native Norway rat, also known as the brown rat, to Alaska.
The $US2.5 million Rat Island eradication project, a joint effort between the US Government, the Nature Conservancy and Island Conservation, is one of the world's most ambitious attempts to remove destructive alien species from an island.
Now there are signs that several species of birds, including Aleutian cackling geese, ptarmigan, peregrine falcons and black oystercatchers, are starting to nest again on the 26 square kilometre island.
Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Bruce Woods says they will officially be able to declare the island rat-free after two years of monitoring.
"We don't know that there's not a couple of happy rats hiding away that are going to spring out and repopulate the island," he said.
