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Magnitude 5.7 - SOUTHERN ALASKA

2009 June 22 19:28:05 UTC

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Magnitude	5.7
Date-Time	Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:28:05 UTC Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:28:05 AM at epicenter
Location	61.944°N, 150.519°W
Depth	56.5 km (35.1 miles) set by location program
Region	SOUTHERN ALASKA
Distances	34 km (21 miles) NW (305°) from Willow, AK 40 km (25 miles) E (79°) from Skwentna, AK 41 km (26 miles) SSW (192°) from Trapper Creek, AK 93 km (58 miles) NNW (335°) from Anchorage, AK
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=120, Nph=117, Dmin=82.8 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source	Alaska Earthquake Information Center Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Event ID	ak00109810

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[ConfusedSwede]

Not good.

[jessduntno]

Nothing to fear...

[yield 2 the right]

I hope that it is just a good shaker no major damages or injuries... prayers upwards...

[rwfromkansas]

5.7.....that’s nothing for Alaska.

Only an 8 would be news.

[SIDENET]

"Yo, what's the Magnatizzle?"

[null and void]

Fox reports 5.3, epicenter at Takeenta(?)

[xcamel]

Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:28:05 UTC
Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:28:05 AM at epicenter
Location 61.944°N, 150.519°W
Depth 56.5 km (35.1 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHERN ALASKA
Distances 34 km (21 miles) NW (305°) from Willow, AK
40 km (25 miles) E (79°) from Skwentna, AK
41 km (26 miles) SSW (192°) from Trapper Creek, AK
93 km (58 miles) NNW (335°) from Anchorage, AK
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=120, Nph=117, Dmin=82.8 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source Alaska Earthquake Information Center
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Event ID ak00109810

[rwfromkansas]

Being 5.7 iniitially, it will likely be downgraded to 5.2 or so at the end of the day anyway, even less serious.

[GQuagmire]

Anywhere near the volcano?(name escapes me)

[null and void]

Yeah. It would take that here, too.

Posted as soon as Fox reported. The made it sound like at least a 7.

[DallasDeb]

Any tsunami warnings?

[wk4bush2004]

Doesn’t look like it’s far from Wasilla.

Where is Gov. Palin? I hope she’s ok (along with everyone else)....

[rwfromkansas]

could be some damage still obviously, but probably no deaths, at least let’s hope.

[null and void]

No idea.

[Corin Stormhands]

Earthquake in Alaska? Mark Sanford Missing? Obama’s poll numbers failing?

Coincidence?

Hmmm....

[SIDENET]

Any tsunami warnings?

Yep. I just issued one.

(Of course, I'm no tsunami expert.)

[null and void]

No. Too small, too far inland.

[SIDENET]

Don’t forget the Elvis sightings.

[murron]

I know this is going back a ways, but can anyone remember what the Richter reading was for the 1964 Good Friday quake in either Anchorage or Juneau?

[null and void]

Doesn’t look like it’s far from Wasilla.

I wonder if the Russians felt it from their front porches?

[Dog Gone]

A 5.7 located 35 miles deep will be noticed by seismologists and maybe a can of beans on a store shelf, but I doubt it.

[null and void]

7.9 pops to mind.

[umgud]

What’s the frequency, Ken?

[lainie]

ping

They said this is is unrelated to Mt. Redoubt.

[null and void]

I know this is going back a ways, but can anyone remember what the Richter reading was for the 1964 Good Friday quake in either Anchorage or Juneau?

The epicenter of this awesome quake was a mere 45 miles west of Valdez and 14 miles under the earth's crust. Initial shocks lasting over five minutes affected nearly all of the coastal communities of Alaska.

The magnitude of this quake measured 8.4 - 8.6 on the Richter Scale and was reported as a 9.2 Moment Magnitude (Mw).

[Izzy Dunne]

I know this is going back a ways, but can anyone remember what the Richter reading was for the 1964 Good Friday quake in either Anchorage or Juneau?

Yes, WikiPedia does, there's an article there about it.

[buccaneer81]

Lasting nearly five minutes, it was the most powerful recorded earthquake in U.S. and North American history, and the third most powerful ever measured by seismograph. It had a moment magnitude of 9.2 and registered 8.4 on the Richter scale.[1]

[STARWISE]

ROFL ~~~~~!!

[ETL]

Source
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America.php

STOP PLATE TECTONICS NOW!!!

[cripplecreek]

Earthquakes are fictional beasts like unicorns and jobs. Until I feel one here in Michigan they don’t exist.

[calex59]

Somewhere around 8. I do remember the photos that came out of there at the time with the huge cracks in the ground, hard to forget.

[ETL]

“Lasting nearly five minutes, it was the most powerful recorded earthquake in U.S. and North American history, and the third most powerful ever measured by seismograph. It had a moment magnitude of 9.2 and registered 8.4 on the Richter scale.[1]”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday_Earthquake

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Oh good, it’s south of Fairbanks, won’t affect “Ice Road Truckers”. Just kidding............

[buccaneer81]

[hoosiermama]

Do whatever it takes to SAVE SARAH!

[Ingtar]

If you feel one in Michigan, a lot of the rest of us really will not exist.

[Joe Boucher]

Good job jessduntno,
Always good for a smile.
Now let me turn on the t.v. and get depressed with pictures of the magic negro.

[null and void]

If you feel one in Michigan, a lot of the rest of us really will not exist.

Welllllll, the New Madrid is a bit overdue...

[Arrowhead1952]

Earthquake ping

[Ingtar]

Welllllll, the New Madrid is a bit overdue...

Don't remind me... I live in Memphis.

[redhead]

"I hope that it is just a good shaker no major damages or injuries... prayers upwards..."

We felt a definite rolling motion, strong enough to knock someone off balance, but I don't believe there was much damage. My first guess was around M4.0, so I was surprised to see M5.7. Alaska has over a hundred quakes a day, and every once in a while, we get one we can actually FEEL. LOL!

[null and void]

Just remember, earthquakes don't kill people, buildings kill people.

[radioone]

Not only will this be blamed on Bush, but, now Palin.

[topher]

Magnitude 5.7 is a small quake for Alaska.

The oil pipeline recently withstood a 7+ earthquake, as I recall...

However, there still can be injuries/deaths with the smaller quakes...

[redhead]

"Anywhere near the volcano?(name escapes me)"

No. Mt. Redoubt is still erupting ("gently") but it would be about 250 miles from the epicenter.

[VictoryGal]

5.7 is a humdinger. I hope to God it is not a foreshock of something bigger.

[Spartan79]

Actually, Michigan and other midwestern states do get the occasion minor quake as the earth continues to rebound after being compressed for thousands of years under miles of ice.

Red Puma, a good source for info about quakes worldwide, lists the Alaska quake as 5.9:

http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/redpuma/redpuma_ami_list.html

[Marysecretary]

My son and family live in Anchorage. Any news about damages?