Fault offset of Tok cutoff highway that occurred during the 2002 Denali Fault earthquake in Alaska. On the ground researchers estimated offset as 23 feet (6 meters). Credit: USGS, Public Domain

Fault offset of Tok cutoff highway that occurred during the 2002 Denali Fault earthquake in Alaska. On the ground researchers estimated offset as 23 feet (6 meters). Credit: USGS, Public Domain

Boundary to backstop: the Eastern Denali Fault


By Alka Tripathy-Lang and Wendy Bohon

June 1, 2021

Can the eastern Denali Fault rupture as catastrophically as its westerly counterparts? A team of scientists from the University of Calgary aimed to find out.

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