Tanana Valley State Fair

In Fairbanks, Alaska, the highlight of everyone's summer is the Tanana Valley Fair. One of the more popular booths is the Alaska Earthquake Information Center's "Make-A-Quake" booth featuring the Earthquake Machine. Complete with a working seismometer and personal computer for viewing real-time waveforms, kids of all ages jump at the chance to make their own earthquake.

 

Posters detail information on earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis

A display of earthquakes generated by the Earthquake Machine

Members of the public see who can create the largest earthquake

 

Pamphlets provide information on geophysics and hazard mitigation

A video shows the hazards of volcanoes

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