7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska There was a massive 7.0 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska. Hope CarlG and any other Barners there are OK.
Being on the West Coast we have gone through a number of earthquakes in the 4 range a 7.0 is unimaginable. David Serrano |
Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska I have to rely on my imagination when it come to earthquakes. We never have any of consequence. A couple of weeks ago, one at 2.6 made the news because even that was so unusual. I hope all is well in that shaky part of the world.
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Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska Found this on Wikipedia.
Because of the logarithmic basis of the scale, each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude; in terms of energy, each whole number increase corresponds to an increase of about 31.6 times the amount of energy released, and each increase of 0.2 corresponds to approximately a doubling of the energy released. |
Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska Thanks for your concerns. We did have a 7.0 earthquake followed up 5 minutes later with a 5+ aftershock. Over the past 24 hours there have been hundreds more after shocks, a lot of them being in the 5+ range. While there was lots of shake rattle and roll, there was no loss of life or injuries. Just lots of clean up and road repair. Schools were closed on Friday and won’t reopen till next Wednesday. Suspended ceilings and plate glass in office buildings did not fair too well. The Model A guys I have talked to have no damage to their cars. It will be a good while before we get back to “normal” but we will make it.
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Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska Good to hear Carl....as a former resident of Anchorage, I remember quakes being fairly frequent up there. Hopefully your house did not suffer much damage. The photos I saw of the roads looked pretty bad in places.....they will need to fix those ASAP, as there are few ways into and out of town.
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This is a picture of a freeway off ramp about a mile from our home.
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Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska Glad to hear you’re OK Carl.
Most of the newer buildings on the West Coast are built with stricter building regulations but some of the older buildings are suceptible in earthquakes. David Serrano |
Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska Carl , I am also glad that you are OK !!!!!!!
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Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska Alaska had a bad one in 1964 I remember. Was 9.2 on the Richter scale.
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