[Regnum] Seismic activity is regularly recorded on the Alaska Peninsula. This was reported on August 15 by Alexander Gorshkov, chief researcher at the Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to Gorshkov, over the past week alone, more than 10 tremors with a magnitude of 2–3.5 have been recorded in Alaska.
“Earthquakes there are concentrated in the southern part of the state, where its capital, the city of Anchorage, is located,” the seismologist noted in a conversation with aif.ru.
Gorshkov recalled that in 1964, Alaska experienced the Great Alaskan Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2, one of the strongest in recorded history. In addition, from 2016 to 2025, the state experienced four tremors with a magnitude of 7.1 to 7.9, which seismologists consider high.
On July 30, an earthquake measuring 8.7–8.8 occurred in Kamchatka, which was the strongest since 1952. As a result, a tsunami threat was declared in the region, and residents were asked not to approach the coast in dangerous areas. In addition, a high alert regime was introduced in the region, and a state of emergency was declared in the Severo-Kurilsky District of the Sakhalin Region.