6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Anchorage, Alaska

[akphidelt]

Shit was fucking crazy. I've been here 7 years and there have been some in the 5s, and I think another one in the 6s. But this was a long one. I'm upstairs in my office and the initial shake lasted couple seconds then there was kind of a pause, and then bam, the entire house was shaking back and forth. I have no one to save, so I ran downstairs and went outside. They say to duck and cover, but fuck that, last thing I want to be is stuck in rubble unable to move. Rather have a tree crush me to death. But just feeling the force of nature is crazy. You're completely powerless.

An earthquake registering a preliminary 6.2 magnitude was centered 81 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

"It was kind of a long one," Anchorage police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro told CNN. At this point we have no major reports of damage or injuries."


The USGS detected the earthquake at 9:51 a.m. local time with an epicenter in a remote area of southern Alaska, according to the initial report.
"Wow. Big quake. At least it felt big on the 6th floor of the #Anchorage courthouse," Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reporter Casey Grove tweeted.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/25/us/alaska-earthquake/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

[CHOPTALK]

How close were you to the center of the action?
How much damage was around you?

 

[akphidelt]

How close were you to the center of the action?
How much damage was around you?

81 miles out. Not a lot a damage outside. My grandmas elevator at her apartment complex broke, some pictures fell. Nothing horrible. Just crazy feeling the earth move. Never know if it's "the one"!

 

[REDEYE]

hopefully that's it for now.......

 

[REDEYE]

us West Coast guys are holding our breath for the big one...

 

[akphidelt]

us West Coast guys are holding our breath for the big one...

Haha, I bet man! The one that will separate Cali from the US! Alaska had a 9.2 in 1964. Seen pictures of it. That's why I run outside.

 

[REDEYE]

Haha, I bet man! The one that will separate Cali from the US! Alaska had a 9.2 in 1964. Seen pictures of it. That's why I run outside.

yea, Oregon could separate too...

 

[HamGlaze]

Have you heard about the Big Earthquake that's going to happen tomorrow?..