We just had a fairly large earthquake in Anchorage., page 2

Alaska is full of volcanos! They are everywhere. Usually one or two are errupting, but because the state is so unpopulated, no harm is done accept for the occasional air traffic that has to go around an ash cloud.

As far as earthquakes go, Alaska gets a lot of them, all the time.

The greatest recorded one was in 1964, a HUGE 9.2 and here is some awesome pictures of that quake!

Photo gallery of Alaska 9.2 1964 quake

If I am not mistaken, that is one of the largest ever recored earthquakes on the planet since mankind started keeping track. The photos are amazing!

reply to post by Darkblade71

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Anything under about a 3.5 over that way, we don't really feel here.

That 7.9 up on the Denali Fault in 2002 rocked my house really good. It was like a boat on rough seas. No damage though. Shook the fish up in the aquarium a bit but my dog slept right through it. Dog clearly don't make good earthquake predictors when they are napping

There are places here that displaced 30 feet or more in the big quake. My Delivery Driver tells me his trees were slapping the ground. My office is a block from an spot that displaced 30 feet or so.

It could be worse. We could live in a large dirty city in the Lower 48

reply to post by antar

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Thank you for your concern. This is a great place to live. Anchorage is to large but I have to live here to earn a living. Freedom is only 15 minutes away though.

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