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11-30-2018, 02:22 PM | Topic Starter |
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Alaska Earthquake
7.0 Pretty bad.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/scien...=.b82d0c4b415a ANCHORAGE — An intense earthquake struck the Anchorage area Friday morning, causing severe shaking and damage and triggering fears of a tsunami. The magnitude-7 quake occurred at 8:29 a.m., local time, the epicenter just north of Anchorage. Moments later, the National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning for Cook Inlet and South Kenai Peninsula. The warning was canceled shortly after 10 a.m. The Anchorage Police Department said the earthquake caused “major infrastructure damage” across the city, which is home to more than 294,000 people. “Many homes and buildings are damaged,” the department said in a statement Friday morning. “Many roads and bridges are closed. Stay off the roads if you don’t need to drive.” Police officers were dispatched across the region to handle “multiple situations,” the department said, although it did not elaborate beyond saying it was working with the school district to check on children there. A journalist with the news station KTVA shared a photo of the damage in that newsroom, where pieces of the ceiling had apparently fallen on desks and the floor. Several photos on Twitter showed major damage to roads around Anchorage, with buckled and broken asphalt. fter the quake, Alaska state troopers were “responding to calls for service and unconfirmed reports of damage,” said Jonathon Taylor, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Public Safety. Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin tweeted that while her “family is intact,” their “house is not.” The Anchorage School District did not report damage to its buildings but said that parents could pick up children “when they feel it is safe to do so.” Linton Thompson, the principal of Sand Lake School, was at a training with 50 other elementary school principals at Wayland Baptist Church when the earthquake began. He and many others ran outside, while others sheltered under desks in the conference room where the training was being held. When the shaking stopped, “every principal in that building went 100 different ways,” Thompson said. |
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11-30-2018, 02:26 PM | #2 |
I'm with the banned.
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An hour and a half in, there were no reported deaths.
I've been in touch with a friend who lives—for the next five days—in Anchorage. He's moving to Denver Wednesday. I expect locusts to arrive with him. |
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11-30-2018, 02:49 PM | #3 | |
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11-30-2018, 02:56 PM | #4 |
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Quick, somebody check on the Kilchers
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11-30-2018, 05:10 PM | #5 |
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11-30-2018, 03:16 PM | #6 |
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It was pretty damn bad. No family was injured and our house sustained minor damage, although it threw stuff off the walls, out of book shelves and off tables. It as hard to stand up.
Could have been worse. I can honestly say that feeling of helplessness is really terrifying. All you can do is just get away. All morning there are aftershocks of varying intensity. Every time you feel one you wonder if this is another major one or will it just jostle the sofa. I’d say we haven’t done 20 minutes without some type of aftershock. Last edited by frozenchief; 11-30-2018 at 03:22 PM.. Reason: Update. |
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11-30-2018, 04:47 PM | #10 | |
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The first aftershock was about 7 minutes later and it was a 5.8. We’ve had three aftershocks > 5.0 this morning. So after cleaning up and making sure everyone was safe, I did what Alaskans do: went to the bar and grabbed lunch. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. Last edited by frozenchief; 11-30-2018 at 04:48 PM.. Reason: Typo |
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11-30-2018, 03:31 PM | #15 |
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