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C Moon

(12,597 posts) Fri Nov 30, 2018, 12:57 PM Nov 2018

Damn. 7.0 (or 6.7) earthquake in Alaska. Not sure if it was a populated area...didn't check yet. [View all]

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ak20419010/executive

M6.7 Earthquake - Southern Alaska
Preliminary Report Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time

30 Nov 2018 17:29:29 UTC
30 Nov 2018 08:29:29 near epicenter
30 Nov 2018 09:29:29 standard time in your timezone

Location 61.318N 149.944W
Depth 43 km
Distances

5.0 km (3.1 mi) SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
11.4 km (7.0 mi) NNW of Anchorage, Alaska
20.2 km (12.5 mi) W of Eagle River, Alaska
28.4 km (17.6 mi) SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska
806.3 km (499.9 mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 0.8 km
Parameters Nph = 100; Dmin = 0.0 km; Rmss = 0.51 seconds; Gp = 0°
Version = 1
Event ID ak 20419010

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Damn. 7.0 (or 6.7) earthquake in Alaska. Not sure if it was a populated area...didn't check yet. [View all] C Moon Nov 2018 OP

Bravenak lives in Anchorage. She just tweeted that it scared the shit out of her. octoberlib Nov 2018 #1

I was in the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. That was terrifying. I'm so glad they are safe! MrsCoffee Nov 2018 #3

Mahalo, Here's an update from Bravenak, octoberlib.. Cha Nov 2018 #16

thanks for update Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #17

omg, Yes! Cha Nov 2018 #18

Thanks, Cha! octoberlib Nov 2018 #24

Thanks for letting us know. I followed her. She's nervous but okay. nolabear Nov 2018 #23

Depends whether you consider Anchorage to be a populated area. MineralMan Nov 2018 #2

Youch!!!! C Moon Nov 2018 #7

Not so sure about that. bearsfootball516 Nov 2018 #8

Read the actual tsunami alert messages. MineralMan Nov 2018 #11

I did, this is what it says. bearsfootball516 Nov 2018 #13

Tsunami warning Soxfan58 Nov 2018 #4

Do they frack up there like they do in Oklahoma? redstatebluegirl Nov 2018 #5

Not really - if you have the North Slope, you don't really need to frack hatrack Nov 2018 #9

1964 Alaskan Earthquake TheRealNorth Nov 2018 #12

Alaska gets lots of earthquakes. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #25

One of my daughters lives in Anchorage trc Nov 2018 #6

I have a daughter there too. She is okay. Says (as of a few minutes ago) there are a lot of rzemanfl Nov 2018 #26

I was in the '89 earthquake in SF Yavin4 Nov 2018 #10

Interesting what grabs us in the moment. I remember during one earthquake in CA how my cat kept suffragette Nov 2018 #21

No way I could speak about anything @ a 7 but felt that 2011 5.8 VA quake BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #14

Tsunami warnings canceled malaise Nov 2018 #15

Some video here. edbermac Nov 2018 #19

Wow! C Moon Nov 2018 #20

Wow. That really shook Renew Deal Nov 2018 #22