Earthquake in Alaska

[PrairieSpyder]

AKSpyderMan, is everything OK with you and yours?

Also praying for all in possible tsunami path!

[Bob Denman]

Let's all hope that the damage is minimal, and there are no injuries.

[GloryRyders]

Tsunami warnings have been cancelled!

[Chupaca]

Lived with them all my life it would seem in two continents and it is the one disaster you can not prepare for.....Thinking of AKspyderman and hope all is as good as can be. 's the all that were affected are safe....

[ARtraveler]

The bottom line: We are safe here. I was communicating with BlueKnight last night shortly after the quake happened.

Here is what I said:

We just had an 8.0 magnitude earthquake here (12:40 AM). Everything on the walls was shaking and a couple pictures fell down. No other damage that I see at the moment. It started as a slow roll and then gradually intensified. Kodiak Island was the epicenter. About 231 miles away.

Update: Fortunately the quake was about 50 miles out in the inlet from Kodiak. No major damage anywhere according to the news so far. Had that happened a bit nearer to Anchorage--we would have had another big one.

The quake was updated to 8.2 and then downgraded to 7.9. The Tsunami generated by the quake did not do any major damage.

This is my biggest quake to date.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

There were waves that hit same area in 1964 , but the highest one was ONLY 35ft. ...... Luckily most resident had evacuated up the nearby mountain the ones who didn't well ............Mike

[ARtraveler]

There were waves that hit same area in 1964 , but the highest one was ONLY 35ft. ...... Luckily most resident had evacuated up the nearby mountain the ones who didn't well ............Mike

Good Friday 1964. That one was pegged at 9.2 It holds the record for a US earthquake. Large areas of downtown were devastated. The Tsunami went up Turnagain Arm and devastated the town of Portage. I showed the remains of a couple buildings and a car to the NtA group when we did a ride. Also much damage to some Coastal towns caused large loss of life and property.

Like they said on the news this AM--we dodged a big bullet this time.

[Chupaca]

Glad to hear AKspyderman is OK and I saw there was another earthquake 4.6 outside of Fairbanks...things a really shaking up there.

[ARtraveler]

Glad to hear AKspyderman is OK and I saw there was another earthquake 4.6 outside of Fairbanks...things a really shaking up there.

AK gets a lot of earthquakes since we live in the "zone." 50 to 100 a day are common. AK is big enough that most are not in populated areas. Anything over a 5 usually gets our attention though.

I get to "ride" about once a week--but they are usually 1's or 2's. They tell me I am in a "fault" area.

[Bob Denman]

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Glad to hear that you and Linda are okay!

[PrairieSpyder]

The bottom line: We are safe here. I was communicating with BlueKnight last night shortly after the quake happened.

Here is what I said:

We just had an 8.0 magnitude earthquake here (12:40 AM). Everything on the walls was shaking and a couple pictures fell down. No other damage that I see at the moment. It started as a slow roll and then gradually intensified. Kodiak Island was the epicenter. About 231 miles away.

Update: Fortunately the quake was about 50 miles out in the inlet from Kodiak. No major damage anywhere according to the news so far. Had that happened a bit nearer to Anchorage--we would have had another big one.

The quake was updated to 8.2 and then downgraded to 7.9. The Tsunami generated by the quake did not do any major damage.

This is my biggest quake to date.

Thanks for the report. I'm glad you and Linda are OK and there was no severe damage.

[WilderThomas]

Good Friday 1964. I believe that one was pegged at 8.9. Whatever it was--it holds the record for a US earthquake. Large areas of downtown were devastated. The Tsunami went up Turnagain Arm and devastated the town of Portage. I showed the remains of a couple buildings and a car to the NtA group when we did a ride. Also much damage to some Coastal towns caused large loss of life and property.

Like they said on the news this AM--we dodged a big bullet this time.

Did not the city of Anchorage also suffer a quake sometime ago?

[ARtraveler]

Did not the city of Anchorage also suffer a quake sometime ago?

The "big one" was Good Friday 1964. At 9.2 it was the strongest quake recorded in the US.

[Machinegunner]

My son in Palmer said he slept right through it.

[ARtraveler]

My son in Palmer said he slept right through it.

Linda did too--and she was twenty five miles closer than I.