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6.6 magnitude earthquake rocks buildings in Anchorage
WNDU.com ^ | November 30, 2018

Posted on 11/30/2018 9:58:12 AM PST by rdl6989

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked buildings in Anchorage and caused lamp posts and trees to sway, prompting people to run out of offices and seek shelter under office desks.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake Friday morning was centered about 7 miles (12 kilometers) north of Alaska's largest city.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; anchorage; earthquake; keepingupwithpalins; sarahpalin
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To: Doogle

Think she has one? :)

Seriously, only the good Lord and her doctors and some close advisors know the LIST of what is wrong with her in full.


21 posted on 11/30/2018 10:22:24 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dp0622

....she don’t smell like piss cause
she works for a animal doc...


22 posted on 11/30/2018 10:28:48 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: dp0622

Nov 3rd, 2002; we were right on a 7.9 shaker 40 miles east of Tok, Ak. Three foot deep of everything that had been in cabinets, bookcases, and drawers. Woodstoves slid 10 foot across the floor. Well head cap in laundry room blew off and had a geyser hitting the 8 foot ceiling for a couple hours; imagine the ground pressure. The ground opened up in front yard and half expected to see the devil come crawlin out. All you can do is clean up and wait for 2 months worth of aftershocks. We didn’t feel this one too much here in Fairbanks, but it lasted about 15 seconds. My plott hound leaped off the bed ran around the house.


23 posted on 11/30/2018 10:29:59 AM PST by Eska
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To: Mr. K
If this was a 7 how many times stronger was the 9.2 in 1964?


24 posted on 11/30/2018 10:30:14 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: rdl6989
Alaska is part of the so-called Ring of Fire. I'm actually surprised there hasn't been way more big earthquakes and volcanic activity in Alaska in recent years.
25 posted on 11/30/2018 10:31:11 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Eska

Good Lord!!!

A terrifying experience!!


26 posted on 11/30/2018 10:32:00 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Cold Heart

TY.


27 posted on 11/30/2018 10:37:27 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep....boop boop)
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To: rdl6989
I went through the a 7.0 earthquake.
1980 Azores Islands earthquake. Striking the Autonomous Region of Azores on 1 January, the 1980 Azores Island earthquake killed 61 people and injured over 400, causing severe damage on the islands of Terceira and São Jorge.
Stationed there as a USAF Sgt. I got a detail to be a spotter on a C-130 looking for boats that may have been swamped with possible survivors. Then for the next several days we went around Terceira Island in teems to help dig people out and make sure collapsed homes were made safe. I'll never forget an old man showing us the clothing that his wife had died in.
28 posted on 11/30/2018 10:37:35 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister

You may notice it was on New Years day. The locals were terrified that it was some sort of end of the world retribution.


29 posted on 11/30/2018 10:39:30 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: All

Grab the surfboards, surfs up.


30 posted on 11/30/2018 10:44:44 AM PST by BipolarBob (Natl. Veggie Growers Assn. "All we are saying . . is give peas a chance.")
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To: rdl6989
At a depth of ~26 miles, the fault plane is probably the surface between the continent and the subducting oceanic tectonic plate. In other words, the fault plane is horizontal, as opposed to a San Andres quake where the tectonic plate motion is lateral, with a vertical fault plane.

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U.S. News & World Report

Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake Strikes Alaska: USGS

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 quake struck just south of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake had a depth of 26.7 miles (43 km) and its epicenter was located 7 miles (11.4 km) from Anchorage.

Although the National Weather Service initially said there was no tsunami danger, a few minutes later the agency said on Twitter that there was a warning in place for Cook Inlet.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2018-11-30/magnitude-67-earthquake-strikes-alaska-usgs

Image result for subduction plate gif

31 posted on 11/30/2018 10:51:11 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

From AP

Alaska averages 40,000 earthquakes per year, with more large quakes than the other 49 states combined.

Southern Alaska has a high risk of earthquakes due to tectonic plates sliding past each other under the region. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Pacific plate is sliding northwestward and plunges beneath the North American plate in southern Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands.

On March 27, 1964, Alaska was hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake, the strongest recorded in U.S. history, centered about 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Anchorage. The quake, which lasted about 4½ minutes, and the tsunami it triggered claimed about 130 lives.


32 posted on 11/30/2018 11:04:17 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle

TY.


33 posted on 11/30/2018 11:05:02 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep....boop boop)
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To: higgmeister

1980 was a bad year for earthquakes. I felt the Irpinia earthquake ~(7.0) while stationed in Naples, Italy. The epicenter was about 60 miles away from my apartment. The chandelier was swinging and objects were moving on the kitchen table and I lived on the ground floor. The death tool and injuries were bad. It occurred in a mountainous region with no building codes. The death toll was at least 2500. After shocks continued for some time and damaged many buildings in the Naples area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Irpinia_earthquake


34 posted on 11/30/2018 11:28:00 AM PST by EVO X
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Sen Murkoski said she has not been this shaken up since DiFi read her the riot act during Kavanaughs comformation hearing


35 posted on 11/30/2018 12:47:24 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: rdl6989

Just had a 7 point in Africa.


36 posted on 11/30/2018 12:49:30 PM PST by jetson
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To: Rebelbase
If this was a 7 how many times stronger was the 9.2 in 1964?,p>I believe the Richter scale is exponential. So it is a yuge difference.
The Richter scale is logarithmic, meaning that whole-number jumps indicate a tenfold increase.
Just like the decibel scale.
37 posted on 11/30/2018 2:42:44 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister

I found an explanation to my question and still confused. It said an 8 scale is 10 times stronger than a 7. So a 9.2 would be 1200 times stronger than a 7?

Or would that be 22 time stronger?

My head hurts.


38 posted on 11/30/2018 7:34:56 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
I think it is easier to see on a graph.

It exponentially increases on a curve which correlates with the power expended.

39 posted on 12/01/2018 12:16:54 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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