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To: TaraP

Yep, we just experienced it firsthand.

My family and I were watching an old movie, all the furniture started moving. Called son who lives down the road, he felt it while outside.

Approximately 150-160 mile from where we live here in Ketchikan.

First earthquake we have felt in a long time.


21 posted on 10/27/2012 8:42:44 PM PDT by gettinolder (Smashed lips save ships.)
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To: gettinolder

35 minutes ago – West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

How likely:How soon:How severe:A tsunami Warning is now in effect which includes the coastal areas of British Columbia and Alaska from the north tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Cape Decision, Alaska (85 miles SE of Sitka). - Event details: Preliminary magnitude 7.1 (Mwp) earthquake / Lat: 52.863, Lon: -131.942 at 2012-10-28T03:04:11Z Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant widespread inundation is expected, or occurring. Warnings indicate that widespread dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents is possible and may continue for several hours after the initial wave arrival.

Estimated arrival times and wave heights
Show all 26 locationsLangara Island, British Columbia 9:16 PM GMT-07 (34 minutes from now)
Sitka, Alaska 8:42 PM GMT-08 (60 minutes from now)
Show fewer locationsLangara Island, British Columbia 9:16 PM GMT-07 (34 minutes from now)
Sitka, Alaska 8:42 PM GMT-08 (60 minutes from now)
Elfin Cove, Alaska 8:53 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 11 minutes from now)
Tofino, British Columbia 10:09 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 27 minutes from now)
Craig, Alaska 9:10 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 28 minutes from now)
Neah Bay, Washington 10:18 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 36 minutes from now)
Charleston, Oregon 10:36 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 54 minutes from now)
Seaside, Oregon 10:36 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 54 minutes from now)
Westport, Washington 10:36 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 54 minutes from now)
Yakutat, Alaska 9:40 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 58 minutes from now)
Crescent City, California 10:53 PM GMT-07 (2 hours, 11 minutes from now)
Seward, Alaska 10:16 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 34 minutes from now)
Kodiak, Alaska 10:23 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 41 minutes from now)
Valdez, Alaska 10:31 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 49 minutes from now)
Cordova, Alaska 10:40 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 58 minutes from now)
Sand Point, Alaska 11:00 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 18 minutes from now)
Fort Point, New Hampshire 12:02 AM GMT-07 (3 hours, 20 minutes from now)
Dutch Harbor, Alaska 11:21 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 39 minutes from now)
Santa Barbara, California 12:22 AM GMT-07 (3 hours, 40 minutes from now)
Homer, Alaska 11:27 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 45 minutes from now)
San Pedro, California 12:39 AM GMT-07 (3 hours, 57 minutes from now)
Cold Bay, Alaska 11:43 PM GMT-08 (4 hours, 1 minute from now)
Adak, Alaska 11:45 PM GMT-08 (4 hours, 3 minutes from now)
La Jolla, California 12:51 AM GMT-07 (4 hours, 9 minutes from now)
Shemya, Alaska 12:29 AM GMT-08 (4 hours, 47 minutes from now)
St. Paul, Alaska 12:42 AM GMT-08 (4 hours, 60 minutes from now)


24 posted on 10/27/2012 8:48:12 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: gettinolder

Glad you and yours made it through safely.


28 posted on 10/27/2012 8:53:16 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson ( "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.")
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