Quake Watch 2021

a reply to: wasobservingquietly

I can't believe it's been 10 years already. I remember reading on here and refreshing threads all day long. It was almost like being there.

Woke up to see a 3.4, 3.5 & 3.0 in Kansas.
Plus quakes in 5 other states in the last 24 hours, not counting Alaska & Hawaii.
Tennessee, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Idaho & California.
Also a 2.7 on the border of Canada just north of the St. Lawrence River above eastern New York.

Source: earthquake.usgs.gov...

WOQ

West coast is waking up this morning triple 5.0+ off the coast of Oregon, preceded by some mid range 4’s let’s just hope blowing off steam!!

Least that’s my hope as I sit in Vancouver long overdue for a major shake eyes on the faults if ya live on the west coast!!

SaneThinking

5.3 quake in southern California near the southeastern edge of the Salton Sea.
Over a thousand felt reports.
57 foreshocks & aftershocks so far.

Source: earthquake.usgs.gov...

Anybody here from SoCal to give a first hand report???

WOQ

Earthquake USGS 6.0 Markleeville, CA
over 30 aftershocks.

News saying 5.9 mag
www.sacbee.com...

ktla.com...

More shaking

8.2 quake in Alaska Wednesday night. I hope everyone is ok...that magnitude of a quake is scarey; not fun at all.

8.2 in Alaska last night by the Aleutian Islands. Almost fifty aftershocks already. Waiting for some of our locals to report in! These first three happened within eight minutes of each other.

5.9
119 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska
2021-07-29 02:23:28 (UTC-04:00)
5.3 km

6.1
114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska
2021-07-29 02:19:25 (UTC-04:00)
27.1 km

8.2
104 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
2021-07-29 02:15:47 (UTC-04:00)
32.2 km

Stay safe up there!

WOQ

a reply to: alexandrae

You beat me to it! Lol!

WOQ

a reply to: wasobservingquietly

I woke up early this morning put the news on and heard the earthquake news; wow! I live near the state of Alaska...so the quake could have easily affected the state I am in.

8.2 and no mention of it on the MSN????

Rainbows
Jane

Wow I guess cause it was out on the Aleutians?

I live in southeast Alaska, so didn't feel a thing....

Im not sure if there are any villages near the epicenter?

Seems like it was really deep. Apparently the Tsunami warnings have been called off.

Cheers

a reply to: Soloprotocol

We had several small ones two weeks ago in northern NM. 3.5, 3.7 and 4.2. Some could feel it in Los Alamos where I am at.

originally posted by: angelchemuel
8.2 and no mention of it on the MSN????

Rainbows
Jane

Thanks for the heads-up!!

I would say an 8.2 is pretty significant, guess I was wrong.

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck 50 miles south of the Alaska Peninsula on July 28, 2021 at 10:15 pm local time (July 29, 2021 06:15 UTC). Seismic instruments indicate the earthquake originated at a depth of 20 miles (32.2 kilometers).

Perceived shaking for the quake was weak to light in Anchorage.

As of 2:51 am local time, 268 "Did You Feel It?" reports were submitted.

USGS scientists expect that this event will trigger aftershocks, but these will decrease in frequency over time. See the aftershock forecast for details.

USGS

ETA: Sorry wasobservingquietly I didn't go back far enough to see your post on this. Good catch...

a reply to: wasobservingquietly

I'm in Anchorage and I did not notice it until my wife told me about it being in the local news.

Remember Alaska is a huge state and where that was is not populated to speak of and a long way from any population of any size.

It's fortunate that no large tsunami came about.

a reply to: keukendeur

Felt nothing and I live in a part of Anchorage that usually feels it when a fat man on the other side of the city falls on his ass.

a reply to: Blaine91555

Still....it was the biggest Earthquake in 50 years for the US and it probably is in the top 50 of largest Earthquakes in the world.

I guess depth and direction of movement were critical here.

a reply to: keukendeur



Its location fortunately was far from any population. Yes, it's fortunate it was of a type that did not cause a huge tsunami. Had it been we'd have woken up to the news of the disastrous consequences.

More info on the Alaska 8.2 that is the largest US earthquake in 50 years.

Alaska Earthquake Center Tweet...



Alaska Earthquake Center on the 8.2



I used to work with a guy who was in the 1964 9.2, and he told me that the tops of the trees were slapping the ground at his home in Anchorage and the houses were bouncing off their foundations. It's interesting to note that most people did not even feel the one yesterday up here in Anchorage.