16 April 2014

Well ... THAT Was Fun. Sort Of.

Had another earthquake, an hour ago. No P-wave this time; just a long, slow side-to-side shifting ... kind of like being between two semi-taut rubber bands.

According to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center:

Local Date: Wednesday April 16th, 2014
Local Time: 12:24 PM AKDT
Universal Time: 04/16/2014 20:24:24.814 UTC
Magnitude: 5.06 ML
Latitude: 62.8863
Longitude: -149.9348
Depth: 47 miles (76 km)


It was 40 miles north of Talkeetna, some 120 miles north of Anchorage. Still shook us fairly well.

9 comments:

Stephen said...

Dadgumit, I miss all the fun.

Rev. Paul said...

Stephen, we have more 'quakes here every day than the rest of the U.S. combined. And I keep invitin' all y'all to come up and see us...

PioneerPreppy said...

I am boycotting Alaska until it takes it's weather back :)

Rev. Paul said...

Preppy, we're done with winter until October.

Okay, that was mean. But seriously ... :)

Cathy said...

I hadn't heard that stat about your earthquake events equalling the rest of the country. Hmmm.. . .
I guess a '5' on the Richter scale is a good rumble?

threecollie said...

Yow! Glad you are safe!

Rev. Paul said...

Cathy, a 5.0 is respectable, without being destructive. At least that's true for us, here where the earthquake building code is one of the strictest (if not the strictest) in the country. It's enough to rattle cabinets & cause shelved items to slide around, a bit.

Thanks, threecollie.

ProudHillbilly said...

I've experienced two earthquakes - the first I was laying in bed, heard a "womph!" and everything jiggled. The other was an increasing vibration that, when I realized it wasn't stopping, caused me to run out into the yard. That one was quite enough to make me decided that I don't need to experience any more of them.

Rev. Paul said...

I understand, PH; some folks respond that way, and I certainly can't blame them. It's a bit disconcerting when you realize the "solid-as-a-rock" surface of the earth is moving.