Alaska - earthquake

self | 3 Nov 02 | rightwhale

[RightWhale]

the "ripples" were strong enough to tear the cleat his boat was tied to right out of the dock.

Pretty good ripples. Anchorage is built on similar soils. The '64 quake turned everything to quicksand and the whole place sunk into the muck. The harbor filled with muck, too, and hasn't been seen since.

[Kevin Curry]

Ping me when Florida gets hit.

Florida is just a flat slab of limestone, barely above sea level, isn't it? It's nowhere near a continental plate subduction zone. The bigger threat to Florida is from tsunamis if an asteroid ever dropped into the Atlantic. Then Florida would be scrubbed over like a sidewalk undergoing a good high-pressure hosing.

[NormsRevenge]

Ouch!!!

Mon Nov 4,10:18 PM ET

An Alaska Department of Transportation truck sits at the edge of one of the large cracks on the Tok Cutoff Highway, near Mentasta, Alaska, Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, caused by an 7.9 magnitude earthquake (news - web sites) on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska. Bruce Turner of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the quake hit at 1:13 p.m Alaska Standard Time and was centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation)

[NormsRevenge]

Science

Powerful Alaska Quake Causes Only Minor Damage

Reuters - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

Alaskans breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after a massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake caused only minor damage in a thinly settled part of the state, even though it forced a temporary shutdown of the economically vital trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Full Coverage

[RightWhale]

Does this mean Republicans will win in a landslide?

Good call, Paleo Conservative. Didn't want to say anything that might put a jinx on it. :)

[Saundra Duffy]

Yikes! God bless Alaska!

[RightWhale]

It's over and the Alaska Oil Pipeline is open again. We hear the quake muddied some water wells in Pennsylvania. 3000 miles.