There was a quake in September of 1987 and I thought it was called the Whittier quake. Remember distinctly as we had visitors from the UK who were quite alarmed.
I “survived” the Northridge quake in 94 and was a half mile from the epicenter. I’ve watched some of the videos of this one in Anchorage and what I experienced was worse. Everything in the house was turned over, TV, fishtank, bookcase ,refrigerator opened up food everywhere.gas and water line broke, chimney fell off the roof and my wife’s wedding gift glassware destroyed. I had been working on my motorcycle in the garage and all the parts got mixed up with every other screw bolt nails off the shelves. No power for a week. Had to boil water for 6 weeks after water mains repaired. The bright side was that I just got my contractors license 3 years before and I made a ton of dough.
I felt that Whittier Narrows quake in Santa Barbara.
I had just gotten off the phone with a business associate in London. I felt the desk in my bedroom moving slightly.
I walked into the hallway and a big lighting fixture over the stairs was swaying.
September — that would have been after I left PSW for another fishery.
No the 87 quake was the Lima Prieta quake and occurred in the Santa Cruz/Bay Area
My bad. LP was 1989
Whittier was a 5.9. Alaska quakes are particularly scary because they tend to occur in subduction zones plus thete is almost always lots of luquefaction