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Massive 8.0 earthquake Alaska

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by Well Seasoned, Jun 23, 2014.

  1. Well Seasoned

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    Wow scary be safe our Alaskan friends!

    Ray
     
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    I don't know anyone in that end of the state.

    Didn't shake here that I noticed.
     
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    Damm though! 8.0 is pretty heavy....... I guess those islands are the most at risk, and the coast. Crazy!
     
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    Half of the reality shows I watch are based in Alaska, I hope everyone is OK.
     
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    Agreed! 8.0 is teeth chattering kind of shaking. Has Dave chimed in yet?
     
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    Wife told me her sister called & said we had a big earthquake around 1 pm
    Was a surprise to us, wood stacks still up :)
    Way southwest of us

    Lots of quakes
    Todays list : (scroll down to 12:53 on the 23rd)
    http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/Seis/recenteqs/index.html
     
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    According to the state website it was a 7.07. I'm not sure where 7.9 and 8.0 is coming from?

    12:53 PM AKDT 7.07 ML


    In any case it was about 1400 miles from here.

    BTW, who the heck wrote that article?!

    ...than it was to Anchorage, Alaska's capital city.

    Ah...what now?! :rofl: :lol::loco: :crazy:
     
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    Wow, glad you all have checked in. Enough to worry about! Good to hear the wood pile is still standing.
    Experienced one quake when I was in the military near Los Angeles. Shook everything. The ground had a wave in it just like snapping a blanket. Telephone poles swaged back and forth. Buildings cracked, and thing were tossed off the walls onto the floor. I ran outside as fast as my legs would take me. I once drove by a place that had a fence that was broken, about 6 feet away it continued . That was the result of a quake and the ground slipping on a fault line. No thank you. We have occasional quakes here. Worse we ever get is a tremor.
     
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    Nasty things, those quakes. Glad our friends in Alaska are clear of most of it.
     
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    Bogy, are you passing gas again?
     
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