Shake: Earthquakes in Interior ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ

Major earthquakes are a part of the history and the future of Interior ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ. The last 100 years have seen vast changes in how we understand these events and how the impact on the public has been recorded through local newspapers.

Shake entrance

Revisit the special exhibition, ShAKe at the UA Museum of the North. Start with a quick photographic tour to take you through the original ShAKe, and then explore the 21-part video tour (69 minute running time) to learn about earthquakes in Interior ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ from guest curator, Carl Tape. For even more detail, read original articles across a century of headlines in our newspaper archive, and link to the ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ Geophysical Institute's ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ Earthquake Center for real-time information on ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ's latest earthquakes. For the most immersive ShAKe experience, download our new 3D app for Windows or Mac, and be sure to share YOUR earthquake story as well as give us feedback on this virtual exhibition. 

Photographic Tour

Video Tour

Newspaper Archive

Immersive App

Links and Live Data

"Interior ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ experiences large earthquakes. Magnitude 7+ earthquakes occur every few decades, but relatively few people in this mobile population have passed the stories to the next generation. The history of Interior earthquakes demonstrates that we are in a seismically active—and even hazardous—region.

Earthquakes happen every day in ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ and major, damaging earthquakes happen in Interior ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ every few decades. We can learn from past stories to prepare for the future. Our hope is that this exhibit will raise earthquake awareness in Interior ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ, describe the extent of ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ earthquakes, and look at how historical earthquakes were featured in the newspapers of the time.â€

-- Guest Curator and Associate Professor of Geophysics, Carl Tape

ShAKe in the news!


Fairbanks Daily News-Miner University of ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ Museum of the North ÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ Earthquake Center NSF