7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Anchorage Alaska – IOTW Report

7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Anchorage Alaska

WAXE:A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Anchorage the U.S. Geological Survey said. Officials say the earthquake was centered about 10 miles north of the state’s largest city that is home to nearly 300,000 people.

The Tsuanami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for all of Cook Inlet and coastal areas in southern Alaska. Officials are urging residents near the Cook Inlet to seek higher ground immediately.

Local TV stations are off the air, phone lines have also been cut off after shaking struck the area. At least one aftershock has been felt, with officials warning that there will be more. Power is reportedly out in Wasilla as well.

There’s been a full ground stop ordered for any planes heading for Anchorage.  read more

11 Comments on 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Anchorage Alaska

  1. The earthquake woke up my mother in law in Fairbanks. She said lamps and things were moving back and forth slightly. She’s even notice some motion from the aftershocks.

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  2. Holy crap earthquakes sure feel different in the 11th floor v. at home! The tall buildings are designed to sway and sway mine did!!! But I had people around me and that helped a lot, surely in part because people were reassuring each other and as the second one was finishing someone said, “OK, it’s almost done, we’ve made it through,” which really was comforting. Deep inside I felt it would be all right for us, but it was, I’ll be honest, really scary ’cause the swaying is fairly extreme. Still, I prayed and thanked God for the amazing engineers who came up with this way to make tall buildings safer.

    First thing I did after was go get my son from school – I thought it might be packed but it wasn’t too bad, and I got there quickly. Getting home, though, ten minutes away took an hour and a half. The roads are packed, though I’m not really sure what’s up on the particular stretch unless people are just taking it super slow because there is a lot of infrastructure damage being reported, including an on ramp on the Minnesota destroyed, sinkhole on Dimond and a twisted up road in the Mat-Su. My own house is still standing, thanks be to God, though the inside is basically a disaster. Guess what we’ll be doing this weekend?

    The aftershocks are still hitting but in our house we’re in pretty good cheer – instinctive jerks when the shocks hit but then back to laughing. It’s just so good to be alive and together that really that’s all you can do, at least that’s how it is with me. And with comments such as @majorityofone’s, you can’t go wrong!

    @joe6pak, you are so kind. Thank you for asking and thanks everyone for being such patriots and BFH, thanks for keeping this place running for us to come to. You lot are simply fabulous.

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