Earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska

[jimnyc]

All cool, Rick? I know you're an hour away, but still...

Strong Earthquakes (7.0., 5.8) Hit Anchorage, Alaska, Reports of Cracked Roads, Collapsed Bridges

Anchorage, Alaska was hit by a series of earthquakes Friday morning. A 7.0 earthquake was followed by aftershocks of 5.8, 4.1, 4.3 and 4.6. with depths of around 20 miles according to the USGS. A tsunami warning was issued for the Alaska coast.

Rest - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/strong-earthquakes-7-0-5-8-hit-anchorage-alaska-reports-of-cracked-roads-collapsed-bridges/

[NightTrain]

That was one hell of a quake! Initial said 7.2, I suspect it'll finally be closer to 8.

I was standing in the dining room, Sharon & Tanner were in the living room when it struck. The whole house started jumping up and down, then violently whipping back and forth, making the most god-awful racket. Glass shattering from cups, plates, pictures, plants flying around.

We rode it out until I no longer trusted the house, so I yelled for everyone to get out to the front yard. Sharon & Tanner went down the steps from the living room, I grabbed th Jeep keys & took the back steps on the upper deck. I met them around front, and Sharon had injured her knee when navigating those stairs while they were heaving, so Tanner & I got her into the Jeep and took off to the hospital. They suspect a torn ACL, but the ER is hammered right now, so they put a leg brace on her and sent us on our way - come back to see us when we have time for non-life threatening injuries.

The highway to Anchorage is shut down, there's many bridges out of commission and roads torn apart all around us here.

The power just came back on, though, so that's promising.

Got Sharon all set up on our bed with her leg propped up and her laptop driving the big screen downstairs, so she's as comfy as I can make her. Tanner & I are picking up the house... it's a mess. The dogs are still pretty freaked out.

[jimnyc]

Wow. Great to hear that you're ok though. Sharon is a tough cookie. I sure hope she gets to feeling better quickly though!

That's just crazy.

[NightTrain]

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[jimnyc]

Damn, who's house is that in the last pic?

[NightTrain]

Damn, who's house is that in the last pic?


I don't know... just grabbed it off one of the millions of posts flying around Wasilla Facebookers.


Jim, you should recognize that very first picture... you've been on that one dozens of times. That's Vine Road, about 2 miles from the house here - the shortcut we take from my house to go to Talkeetna.

Now that my house is safe, I need to get over and inspect Chilton's place... he's out of town in Valdez.

[jimnyc]

I don't know... just grabbed it off one of the millions of posts flying around Wasilla Facebookers.


Jim, you should recognize that very first picture... you've been on that one dozens of times. That's Vine Road, about 2 miles from the house here - the shortcut we take from my house to go to Talkeetna.

Now that my house is safe, I need to get over and inspect Chilton's place... he's out of town in Valdez.

I just hope you and all your friends I know are OK! How did Jim make out?

[High_Plains_Drifter]

OH... MY... GAWD... http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/shocked/shocked-smiley-emoticon.gif (http://www.sherv.net/)


Earth quakes was one of the big reasons I left Reno. We had swarms of small ones by the hundreds, and then a 5.7 and a 5.4 hit back to back. Scared the livin' bejezus out of me, that was enough. Started packing and left two weeks later.

No way in H-E-LL could I live up there Alaska with those big ones you guys have up there. The ground just ain't supposed to move. I'd rather deal with the tornadoes here.

I hope everybody is alright up there though... I'll have to look around the internet for stories and updates.

[Kathianne]

You
That was one hell of a quake! Initial said 7.2, I suspect it'll finally be closer to 8.

I was standing in the dining room, Sharon & Tanner were in the living room when it struck. The whole house started jumping up and down, then violently whipping back and forth, making the most god-awful racket. Glass shattering from cups, plates, pictures, plants flying around.

We rode it out until I no longer trusted the house, so I yelled for everyone to get out to the front yard. Sharon & Tanner went down the steps from the living room, I grabbed th Jeep keys & took the back steps on the upper deck. I met them around front, and Sharon had injured her knee when navigating those stairs while they were heaving, so Tanner & I got her into the Jeep and took off to the hospital. They suspect a torn ACL, but the ER is hammered right now, so they put a leg brace on her and sent us on our way - come back to see us when we have time for non-life threatening injuries.

The highway to Anchorage is shut down, there's many bridges out of commission and roads torn apart all around us here.

The power just came back on, though, so that's promising.

Got Sharon all set up on our bed with her leg propped up and her laptop driving the big screen downstairs, so she's as comfy as I can make her. Tanner & I are picking up the house... it's a mess. The dogs are still pretty freaked out.
That sounds terrifying to me!

I have only felt tremors from San Andreas fault. They’ve woken me up, I can’t imagine something like that! Glad you all made it through, though ACL can be horrible. Prayers.

[Elessar]

I got a whole string of messages from Palmer Alaska, the tsunami Warning Center.

There were no tsunami waves generated. I think it was too deep. But those roads and
bridges are a mess!

That goodness You and Sharon are O.K....rattled, a bit bumped up, but O.K.


== PRELIMINARY REPORT ==


***This event supersedes event AT00pj0ol4.


Event type: Earthquake
Region: Southern Alaska
Geographic coordinates: 61.318N, 149.944W
Magnitude: 6.7
Depth: 43 km
Universal Time (UTC): 30 Nov 2018 17:29:29
Time near the Epicenter: 30 Nov 2018 08:29:29
Local standard time in your area: 30 Nov 2018 09:29:29

Location with respect to nearby cities:
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


ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : ak 20419010

This is a computer-generated message and has not yet been reviewed by a
seismologist.
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ak20419010
or
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Alaska Earthquake Center
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks

https://earthquake.alaska.edu

DISCLAIMER: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ens/help.html?page=help#disclaimer


WEAK53 PAAQ 301732
TIBAK1

Tsunami Information Statement Number 1
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
832 AM AKST Fri Nov 30 2018

..THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
----------
* There is no tsunami danger for the U.S. West Coast, British
Columbia, or Alaska.

* Based on earthquake information and historic tsunami records,
the earthquake is not expected to generate a tsunami.

* An earthquake has occurred with parameters listed below.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
* The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary
assessment and changes may occur.

* Magnitude 7.0
* Origin Time 0829 AKST Nov 30 2018
0929 PST Nov 30 2018
1729 UTC Nov 30 2018
* Coordinates 61.3 North 149.8 West
* Depth 21 miles
* Location 30 miles SW of Palmer, Alaska
10 miles NE of Anchorage, Alaska


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
* Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information.

* Pacific coastal regions outside California, Oregon, Washington,
British Columbia, and Alaska should refer to the Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov.

* This will be the only U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center
message issued for this event unless additional information
becomes available.

WEAK51 PAAQ 301735
TSUAK1

BULLETIN
Public Tsunami Message Number 1
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
835 AM AKST Fri Nov 30 2018

..A TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT...


Tsunami Warning in Effect for;

* COASTAL AREAS OF COOK INLET AND SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA IN
ALASKA


For other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America,
the level of tsunami danger is being evaluated. Further
information will be provided in supplementary messages.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
* The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary
assessment and changes may occur.

* Magnitude 7.2
* Origin Time 0829 AKST Nov 30 2018
0929 PST Nov 30 2018
1729 UTC Nov 30 2018
* Coordinates 61.3 North 149.8 West
* Depth 17 miles
* Location 30 miles SW of Palmer, Alaska
10 miles N of Anchorage, Alaska


FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
-----------------------------
* Tsunami activity is forecasted to start at the following
locations at the specified times.

FORECAST
START
SITE OF TSUNAMI
---- ----------

* Alaska
Kodiak 0925 AKST Nov 30
Seward 0930 AKST Nov 30
Homer 1145 AKST Nov 30


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
--------------------------------
* No tsunami observations are available to report.


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------
Actions to protect human life and property will
vary within tsunami warning areas.

If you are in a tsunami warning area;

* Evacuate inland or to higher ground above and beyond
designated tsunami hazard zones or move to an upper floor
of a multi-story building depending on your situation.

* Move out of the water, off the beach, and away from
harbors, marinas, breakwaters, bays and inlets.

* Be alert to and follow instructions from your local
emergency officials because they may have more detailed or
specific information for your location.

* If you feel a strong earthquake or extended ground rolling
take immediate protective actions such as moving inland
and/or uphill preferably by foot.

* Boat operators,
* Where time and conditions permit, move your boat out to
sea to a depth of at least 180 feet.

* If at sea avoid entering shallow water, harbors,
marinas, bays, and inlets to avoid floating and
submerged debris and strong currents.

* Do not go to the shore to observe the tsunami.

* Do not return to the coast until local emergency officials
indicate it is safe to do so.


IMPACTS
-------
Impacts will vary at different locations in the warning
areas.

If you are in a tsunami warning area;

* A tsunami with damaging waves and powerful currents is
possible.

* Repeated coastal flooding is possible as waves arrive
onshore, move inland, and drain back into the ocean.

* Strong and unusual waves, currents and inland flooding
can drown or injure people and weaken or destroy structures
on land and in water.

* Water filled with floating or submerged debris that can
injure or kill people and weaken or destroy buildings and
bridges is possible.

* Strong and unusual currents and waves in harbors,
marinas, bays, and inlets may be especially
destructive.

* Some impacts may continue for many hours to days after
arrival of the first wave.

* The first wave may not be the largest so later waves may
be larger.

* Each wave may last 5 to 45 minutes as a wave encroaches
and recedes.

* Coasts facing all directions are threatened because the
waves can wrap around islands and headlands and into bays.

* Strong shaking or rolling of the ground indicates an
earthquake has occurred and a tsunami may be imminent.

* A rapidly receding or receded shoreline, unusual waves and
sounds, and strong currents are signs of a tsunami.

* The tsunami may appear as water moving rapidly out to sea,
a gentle rising tide like flood with no breaking wave,
as a series of breaking waves, or a frothy wall of water.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
* Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information.

* Pacific coastal residents outside California, Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia and Alaska should refer to the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov.

* This message will be updated within 30 minutes.



== PRELIMINARY REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00PJ0OL4,PT18334000,ak204190.


Event type: Earthquake
Region: Southern Alaska
Geographic coordinates: 61.332N, 149.935W
Magnitude: 7.0
Depth: 31 km
Universal Time (UTC): 30 Nov 2018 17:29:28
Time near the Epicenter: 30 Nov 2018 08:29:28
Local standard time in your area: 30 Nov 2018 09:29:28

Location with respect to nearby cities:
3.8 km (2.4 mi) SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
12.9 km (8.0 mi) N of Anchorage, Alaska
19.7 km (12.2 mi) W of Eagle River, Alaska
26.9 km (16.7 mi) SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska
805.7 km (499.6 mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada


ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : us 1000hyfh

This is a computer-generated message and has not yet been reviewed by a
seismologist.
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000hyfh
or
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey


DISCLAIMER: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ens/help.html?page=help#disclaimer



WEAK51 PAAQ 301829
TSUAK1

BULLETIN
Public Tsunami Message Number 3
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
929 AM AKST Fri Nov 30 2018

..THE TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...


Tsunami Warning in Effect for;

* COASTAL AREAS OF COOK INLET AND SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA IN
ALASKA


For other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America,
the level of tsunami danger is being evaluated. Further
information will be provided in supplementary messages.


FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
-----------------------------
* Tsunami activity is forecasted to start at the following
locations at the specified times.

FORECAST
START
SITE OF TSUNAMI
---- ----------

* Alaska
Kodiak 0925 AKST Nov 30
Seward 0930 AKST Nov 30
Homer 1145 AKST Nov 30


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
--------------------------------
* No tsunami observations are available to report.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED
-------------------------------------------
* Magnitude 7.0
* Origin Time 0829 AKST Nov 30 2018
0929 PST Nov 30 2018
1729 UTC Nov 30 2018
* Coordinates 61.3 North 149.9 West
* Depth 25 miles
* Location 35 miles SW of Palmer, Alaska
5 miles N of Anchorage, Alaska


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------
Actions to protect human life and property will
vary within tsunami warning areas.

If you are in a tsunami warning area;

* Evacuate inland or to higher ground above and beyond
designated tsunami hazard zones or move to an upper floor
of a multi-story building depending on your situation.

* Move out of the water, off the beach, and away from
harbors, marinas, breakwaters, bays and inlets.

* Be alert to and follow instructions from your local
emergency officials because they may have more detailed or
specific information for your location.

* If you feel a strong earthquake or extended ground rolling
take immediate protective actions such as moving inland
and/or uphill preferably by foot.

* Boat operators,
* Where time and conditions permit, move your boat out to
sea to a depth of at least 180 feet.

* If at sea avoid entering shallow water, harbors,
marinas, bays, and inlets to avoid floating and
submerged debris and strong currents.

* Do not go to the shore to observe the tsunami.

* Do not return to the coast until local emergency officials
indicate it is safe to do so


WEAK51 PAAQ 301858
TSUAK1

BULLETIN
Public Tsunami Message Number 4
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
958 AM AKST Fri Nov 30 2018

..THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* COASTAL AREAS OF COOK INLET AND SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA IN
ALASKA


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
--------------------------------
* No tsunami observations are available to report.


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS - UPDATED
-----------------------------
* Do not re-occupy hazard zones until local emergency officials
indicate it is safe to do so.


IMPACTS - UPDATED
-----------------
* No destructive tsunami has been recorded.

* No tsunami danger exists for the U.S. west coast, British
Columbia and Alaska.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
* Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information.

* Pacific coastal regions outside California, Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska should refer to the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov.

* This will be the final U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center
message issued for this event.

[Elessar]

Here are the readouts that the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center got.
Please note some of the detections were from several sensors:

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

[Abbey Marie]

NightTrain is there anything I can send you guys, or do? I’d like to help.

[Russ]

That was one hell of a quake! Initial said 7.2, I suspect it'll finally be closer to 8.

I was standing in the dining room, Sharon & Tanner were in the living room when it struck. The whole house started jumping up and down, then violently whipping back and forth, making the most god-awful racket. Glass shattering from cups, plates, pictures, plants flying around.

We rode it out until I no longer trusted the house, so I yelled for everyone to get out to the front yard. Sharon & Tanner went down the steps from the living room, I grabbed th Jeep keys & took the back steps on the upper deck. I met them around front, and Sharon had injured her knee when navigating those stairs while they were heaving, so Tanner & I got her into the Jeep and took off to the hospital. They suspect a torn ACL, but the ER is hammered right now, so they put a leg brace on her and sent us on our way - come back to see us when we have time for non-life threatening injuries.

The highway to Anchorage is shut down, there's many bridges out of commission and roads torn apart all around us here.

The power just came back on, though, so that's promising.

Got Sharon all set up on our bed with her leg propped up and her laptop driving the big screen downstairs, so she's as comfy as I can make her. Tanner & I are picking up the house... it's a mess. The dogs are still pretty freaked out.

Holy smoke, Rick, what an incredible event and ordeal to get through. I'm sorry to hear about Sharon's injury, and I hope you and Tanner are okay, as well as your house. You and your family will all be in our prayers.

[NightTrain]

I just hope you and all your friends I know are OK! How did Jim make out?

Jim's fine.

When the quake hit, he was in his kitchen and he has that big monster aquarium in it. He ran over there and held it to the wall all through that rodeo, and saved it... it sloshed 1/3 of the water out of the top, but he saved it! lol


I got a whole string of messages from Palmer Alaska, the tsunami Warning Center.

There were no tsunami waves generated. I think it was too deep. But those roads and
bridges are a mess!

That goodness You and Sharon are O.K....rattled, a bit bumped up, but O.K.

Thanks!

Yeah, Palmer is 10 miles from here. All our cell phones blew up right after the first one hit, with Tsunami warnings - turns out those are automatically triggered, I didn't know that. But about an hour later they cancelled it for this area of AK. As far as I know, there were no tsunamis from this event.


@NightTrain (http://www.debatepolicy.com/member.php?u=89) is there anything I can send you guys, or do? I’d like to help.

I need a new boat! :thumb:

No, we're just fine... thank you though!


Holy smoke, Rick, what an incredible event and ordeal to get through. I'm sorry to hear about Sharon's injury, and I hope you and Tanner are okay, as well as your house. You and your family will all be in our prayers.

Thanks, Russ. The house is fine and we're waiting on Sharon hand & foot.

[NightTrain]

An aerial shot of the road about 2 miles from my house :

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[Elessar]

Oh, Yipe!

It looks as if the very ground in that spot liquefied.

Was it land-filled to make the roadway? From the trees around it,
it appears to have been a bog in the past.

Sent you an IM.

[NightTrain]

Oh, Yipe!

It looks as if the very ground in that spot liquefied.

Was it land-filled to make the roadway? From the trees around it,
it appears to have been a bog in the past.

Sent you an IM.


Yep, the road crosses a swamp there, and I think you're exactly right - the whole area there just liquified while it was shaking and kind of settled from the middle outward.

[CSM]

wow.. glad it wasn't as bad as t could have been though it sounds like a PITA for you at the least.

[Elessar]

USCG Responding to quake, surveying damage to the Port:

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/21f5011