Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Moderate 4.3 earthquake shakes Anchorage
Washington Post ^ | June 16, 2010 | AP

Posted on 06/15/2010 11:03:31 PM PDT by americanophile

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a moderate quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 has been felt in Anchorage.

The quake was recorded Tuesday at 6:03 p.m. local time. No damage has been reported.

The temblor was centered 45 miles east-northeast of Talkeetna in central Alaska at a depth of about 26 miles. Talkeetna is about 85 miles north of Anchorage.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; anchorage; earthquake; moderate; shakes; talkeetna

1 posted on 06/15/2010 11:03:31 PM PDT by americanophile
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: americanophile

Just a little one, but it seems as though they’re popping up everywhere these days...


2 posted on 06/15/2010 11:04:09 PM PDT by americanophile (November can't come fast enough....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: americanophile

Well I’m much closer to Talkeetna than Anchorage is and I didn’t feel a thing.


3 posted on 06/15/2010 11:07:32 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY ("The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -Dennis Prager)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GATOR NAVY

That’s the way with these things...


4 posted on 06/15/2010 11:11:33 PM PDT by americanophile (November can't come fast enough....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: americanophile

Yep. And I consider myself fairly sensitive to these things. My wife on the other hand almost never feels the smaller ones and never believes me that there was one until I show her the AEIC page.


5 posted on 06/15/2010 11:25:00 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY ("The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -Dennis Prager)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: GATOR NAVY

It’s not unusual for me to get a call from a family member across town - literally 2 miles away, “did you feel that?”

Ah....no.


6 posted on 06/15/2010 11:27:44 PM PDT by americanophile (November can't come fast enough....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: americanophile
When was the big Anchorage quake back in the '60s? I remember photos of that. Way pre-internet.

I'll bet the Depends(tm) market is doing well from those that remember.

Prayers up for those folks. Alaska is the edge of human endurance. I spent a summer there. Winter? fergetaboutit. Earthquake? How tough does one place get?.

/johnny

7 posted on 06/15/2010 11:41:10 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: americanophile
“did you feel that?”

See, we have a different mind-set. My first words would be; "You heard that? 'Scuse me." But I'm the age where step-farting evidences itself.

/johnny

8 posted on 06/15/2010 11:44:02 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: JRandomFreeper

LOL


9 posted on 06/16/2010 12:47:36 AM PDT by americanophile (November can't come fast enough....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: americanophile

I remember Alaska’s big one. That’s the first one I remember. I roost here along the White Wolf and San Andreas Faults, but got my first awakening from one waaaay up there. I think that it was in 1959?


10 posted on 06/16/2010 12:51:38 AM PDT by bannie (Gone to seed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson