There were no injuries, which is a really GOOD thing. Tenants in my building found various boxes and bottles had fallen from shelves onto the floor, and I found a rather long crack in one hallway wall. In fact, the local paper reports that objects fell from walls, shelves and cabinets all over the area, and pictures fell over while dishes rattled.
It wasn't the strength of the quake, it was that really sharp jolt at the beginning.
Checking the results from the Alaska Earthquake Information Center shows there have been eight earthquakes in the Cook Inlet region since midnight. I'm perfectly okay with that: better to have a lot of little ones, than one big one.
But the sun is shining, it's 55 degrees, and all else is right with the world. Family & friends are safe ... what else is there?
Thanks for all the well-wishes; we appreciate it.
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
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I must admit that the whole earthquake thing is the most un-nerving part about your area. I felt a couple of small ones when I was on Guam but that's it. I guess if you live there it's not as big a deal. I used to be deathly afraid of tornadoes until I actually saw one. I suppose it could be like that.
We get them down here in SoCal, too, Groundhog.
That last monster quake down in Mexico shook us for several minutes.
And we get little bumps and rollers so often that if it's not a 3.5 or higher, we don't even notice them.
When I lived in Southern California I had this weird freaky fern stand. It was my quake detector as it was the first item in our house to move mere seconds before an earthquake. Never did understand why but when that sucker began its dance I'd tell the wife to hold on. Sure enough, seconds later, BAM. Rev. Paul, I'm happy all is well.
Groundhog, you're right. It's a fact that Alaska has more quakes every day than the rest of the country combined. We usually don't pay that much attention; this one just hit a bit harder than usual.
drjim, exactly. We don't notice the little ones, either.
Stephen, my daughters' cats tend to get agitated & jump around right before a quake. But I'm not always around them. Some folks heard this morning's shake coming; I didn't know it was there until the building went sideways & up and down at the same time.
Glad everything is ok. What a thing to come back to after a vacation.
Very happy all are safe.
John and AGAHG - thank you. Earthquakes are part of the Alaskan life, but every once in awhile, the earth reminds us that it can do more than just a rhythmic shaking.
What I think is really weird...is that it was all over the news tonight that Texas had an earthquake. But I didn't hear a thing about Alaska's. Don't "they" realize that Alaska is part of the USA too?
I'm sure that, if pressed for an answer, they'd admit to knowing AK is a State. But they'd rather not - if we weren't, then Sarah Palin would be a foreign politician, and could finally be written off. :)
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