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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Alaskan Earthquake today

2016-01-24

Paul, are you OK?
Alaska hit with aftershock after 7.1-magnitude earthquake.

A magnitude-6.8 earthquake
[7.1, 6.8 - what's the diff? /sarc]
struck early Sunday knocked items off shelves and walls in south-central Alaska and jolted the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. But there were no immediate reports of injuries.

The earthquake struck about 1:30 a.m. Alaska time and was centered 53 miles west of Anchor Point in the Kenai Peninsula, which is about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. About two hours later, a magnitude-4.3 aftershock hit the Cook Inlet, the agency said.

Posted by:Barbara

#9 Yuuup, the lights were in the rough strategic direction of NE Pacific, including but not limited to Alaska.

As a general rule - the bigger the EQ Mag, the bigger the Light Ball(s).

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-24 23:23

#8 shrooms

Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-24 21:29

#7 Joe - are you talking real lights in the sky or do you see ley lines?
If so .. cool..

Posted by: 3dc 2016-01-24 21:18

#6 Brief minor rumblings or shakes felt here in Guam - real show were the big light balls, + "lines" in the night sky detectable despite the darkness.

All signs taken collectively, methinks Guam is overdue for a serious or big quake.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-24 19:54

#5 My guess is gap. We have not had a deep one like this for quite a while

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-01-24 16:07

#4 I'll have to look up the historicals, but that appears to be on the main Aleutian/Alaskan subduction zone fault. Is it in a 'gap' (time & space) or near relatively recent big ones?

Posted by: Glenmore 2016-01-24 15:39

#3 Thanks for the concern, Barbara. We were fortunate not to have any injuries in this event. Of course, we put real reinforcing steel in our concrete up here, unlike other places.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-01-24 14:35

#2 Thanks, Paul. Glad y'all are OK.

Posted by: Barbara 2016-01-24 14:32

#1 You may not see me, but Ize still here....

Earthquake happened at 0130 AST. No roar, just short period horizontal shaking. Went on for 16 seconds. Just went on and on. Checked all over the house. No damage. 2 cans of soup fell of the pantry.

Power ok. Gas ok. Son was driving to Walmart. Truck acted like it had a flat tire. They stopped and discovered the earthquake. Steady short period shaking went on for 16 seconds or so. He got to Walmart and quite a bit of things fell off shelves but not real bad.

Lots of aftershocks in the area.It was not a long period earthquake but a short period lateral movements. We live on a log house made with large spruce logs. It moved without creaking. Picture windows Undamaged. A bit of road cracks in kenai area. One subdivision evacuated because of gas leak. They are working on that. A number of power outages. Lots getting resolved. We never lost power. Here is an iphone screen shot of the mearthquake and some of its aftershocks.

Here is a screen shot of aftershocks and the main earthquake. There are about 3 or more aftershocks after the screen shot was taken.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-01-24 14:27

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