Earthquakes around the world
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casper said:
This was a shaker.
Real Time Seismicity
2016-01-24 Mw 7.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Testimonies/comments.php?id=484047
Magnitude Mw 7.1
Region SOUTHERN ALASKA
Date time 2016-01-24 10:30:30.1 UTC
Location 59.66 N ; 153.45 W
Depth 128 km
Distances 2254 km NW of Vancouver, Canada / pop: 1,837,969 / local time: 02:30:30.1 2016-01-24
217 km N of Kodiak, United States / pop: 6,130 / local time: 01:30:30.1 2016-01-24
92 km W of Anchor Point, United States / pop: 1,930 / local time: 01:30:30.1 2016-01-24
Some quotes of the event: 72 Chimed in.
Witness location : Homer (United States) (107 km E from epicenter)
Very strong earth quake it lasted 45 seconds and at first it felt like we got picked up and dropped more than once.
Witness location : Homer (United States) (107 km E from epicenter)
Haven't felt an earthquake last that long ever. Strange! !!
Witness location : Kenai (United States) (161 km NE from epicenter)
Strong enough for me to run for a safe place.
Witness location : Soldotna (United States) (162 km NE from epicenter)
It lasted for a full minute with the biggest sway about 40 seconds into it.
Witness location : Soldotna (United States) (162 km NE from epicenter)
Strong enough to set off car alarms.
Witness location : Soldotna (United States) (162 km NE from epicenter)
Strongest earthquake I have ever felt, my house was waving and shaking and wriggling and things were breaking
Witness location : Sterling (United States) (179 km NE from epicenter)
Biggest one I've been in sense March 27th 1964 at 5:35 pm. My 3 grandsons slept through it. I did not it lasted long enough I wondered if it was going to end.
Witness location : Sterling (United States) (179 km NE from epicenter)
It was PANDEMONIUM for about 2 minutes.
Witness location : Seward (United States) (230 km E from epicenter)
First earthquake I've ever been in,so I can't rationalize how it really felt. A few pictures broke in the house. It swayed pretty good, wake me up out of sleep. The guy here is around 50 said he hadn't felt one that big since he was a kid
1964 Alaska earthquake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 P.M. AST on Good Friday, March 27.[2] Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 139 deaths.[3]
Lasting four minutes and thirty-eight seconds, the magnitude 9.2 megathrust earthquake was the most powerful recorded in North American history, and the second most powerful recorded in world history. Soil liquefaction, fissures, landslides, and other ground failures caused major structural damage in several communities and much damage to property. Anchorage sustained great destruction or damage to many inadequately earthquake engineered houses, buildings, and infrastructure (paved streets, sidewalks, water and sewer mains, electrical systems, and other man-made equipment), particularly in the several landslide zones along Knik Arm. Two hundred miles southwest, some areas near Kodiak were permanently raised by 30 feet (9.1 m). Southeast of Anchorage, areas around the head of Turnagain Arm near Girdwood and Portage dropped as much as 8 feet (2.4 m), requiring reconstruction and fill to raise the Seward Highway above the new high tide mark.
In Prince William Sound, Port Valdez suffered a massive underwater landslide, resulting in the deaths of 30 people between the collapse of the Valdez city harbor and docks, and inside the ship that was docked there at the time. Nearby, a 27-foot (8.2 m) tsunami destroyed the village of Chenega, killing 23 of the 68 people who lived there; survivors out-ran the wave, climbing to high ground. Post-quake tsunamis severely affected Whittier, Seward, Kodiak, and other Alaskan communities, as well as people and property in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California.[4] Tsunamis also caused damage in Hawaii and Japan. Evidence of motion directly related to the earthquake was reported from all over the earth.
Damage to Fourth Avenue, en:Anchorage, Alaska, caused by the en:Good Friday Earthquake. Collapse of Fourth Avenue near C Street in Anchorage due to a landslide caused by the earthquake. Before the shock, the sidewalk on the left, which is in the graben, was at street level on the right. The graben subsided 11 feet in response to 14 feet of horizontal movement.
1964 Quake: The Great Alaska Earthquake
2016-01-24 Mw 7.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
I live about 200 miles south from Anchorage, and across water from the Earthquake site.
But still felt that, strong shackling jolt that caused me to awake, but strangely I didn't panic, just see what time was, and it was 1:32am.
I found out that, some homes were destroyed in explosion or fire from gas tank. A road damage near kenai too.
Most place in Alaska homes uses own gas tank, because homes are spread out to untamed wild areas, including mine.
Luckily, last summer, I converted gas to use electric only in this house and got rid of gas tank.
But still felt that, strong shackling jolt that caused me to awake, but strangely I didn't panic, just see what time was, and it was 1:32am.
I found out that, some homes were destroyed in explosion or fire from gas tank. A road damage near kenai too.
Most place in Alaska homes uses own gas tank, because homes are spread out to untamed wild areas, including mine.
Luckily, last summer, I converted gas to use electric only in this house and got rid of gas tank.
Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Off Moroccan Coast
http://sputniknews.com/world/20160125/1033651139/earthquake-mediterranean-morocco-damage.html
No reports of casualties, major damage after Spain earthquake
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-quake-idUSKCN0V30CB
http://sputniknews.com/world/20160125/1033651139/earthquake-mediterranean-morocco-damage.html
No reports of casualties, major damage after Spain earthquake
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-quake-idUSKCN0V30CB
angelburst29
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casper said:
Alaska’s 7.1 earthquake largest of its kind ever recorded in Cook Inlet
http://www.adn.com/article/20160124/alaska-s-71-earthquake-largest-its-kind-ever-recorded-cook-inlet
The tectonic cause of the quake, recorded at a depth of 76 miles, was the Pacific Plate of the earth's crust sliding beneath the North American Plate.
The quake in 7.1 in Alaska and the 6.2 in Mediterranean today are quite strong for those regions, like you AngelBurst, i read the Alaska one is the strongest on record.
and there was one in Malta about a week ago (added: 13th Jan) that was about M4.4 - which i mention because it seems unusual areas are experiencing strong quakes (also i couldn't find it on sott.net but i may just have not looked hard enough)
the BBM really is starting to shimmy! :/
and there was one in Malta about a week ago (added: 13th Jan) that was about M4.4 - which i mention because it seems unusual areas are experiencing strong quakes (also i couldn't find it on sott.net but i may just have not looked hard enough)
the BBM really is starting to shimmy! :/
