Massive 7.0 Earthquake Near Anchorage, Alaska

[ilovepaydays]

NBC News article
Live updates from CNN
Road damage outside Anchorage International Airport

Flipping between CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News right now. The damage looks really bad!

It looks like there are roads and bridges buckled everywhere! And tons of buildings damaged. But it is still very early.

I hope they keep the tsunami & aftershocks warnings in alert for awhile - I think the aftermath of the horrible 1964(?) Alaska earthquake was almost as bad as the initial quake. I think that quake was around a 9.0.

(((Those affected and their friends and families)))

 

[skatesindreams]

My thoughts are also with all those affected.
Bless all those assisting them; and dealing with the consequences.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Update from AP: There was an initial 7.0 quake followed by a 5.8 quake about five minutes later.

The Alyeska Pipeline is still shutdown.

The Anchorage Airport is now open - but no arrivals are currently allowed.

 

[rfisher]

My sister lives in Wasilla. She's OK and posted pics of the main highway into town broken in several places. No idea how this will impact them yet.

The biggest problem right now, is no power. And, it will be cold tonight.

 

[Buzz]

Thoughts and prayers to all those affected by the earthquake.

 

[AxelAnnie]

Earthquakes are so not funny. This looks like it was totally horrid. The epicenter was only 7 miles north or Anchorage, so they were hit hard. So horribly sorry for everyone up there.
There is no warning. You are just in the middle of it.....and things are shaking so badly you may not be able to get to a safe place within your house. OH and the noise! All the things shaking out of the cupboards and crashing to the floor just adds to the horror.

BTW - an earthquake generally comes, and then there are lots of aftershocks.........which are really disconcerting.

I was in college during the Sylmar Quake in SoCal, in 1971. We lived in an apartment in the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. There were 200 aftershocks with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater.

You could hear the water in the pool swishing back and forth. It was so strong that I thought (they always say that the plates are shifting) I was going to look out my window and find San Francisco out of the window.

On a lighter side.....I had 3 room mates. After the terror of the first shake, we all rehearsed what to do (stand in a doorway, door jamb, etc) when the aftershocks came. And every time, despite our rehearsals...when everything started shaking, we would run around in a circle in the living room screaming.

 

[watchthis!!]

Has Trump tweeted yet on what Alaskans didn't do properly that brought this on?

 

[ilovepaydays]

Has Trump tweeted yet on what Alaskans didn't do properly that brought this on?

I would prefer this to not get too political and especially partisan - that can be for PI - but Sarah Palin has tweeted that her family’s home has pretty severe damage.

It’s still way early - and they will probably be having some significant aftershocks for awhile. I think one of the biggest issues to fix is all the major bridges and roads that are buckled and unusable.

 

[starrynight]

Keegan Messing posted these photos on instagram and confirmed that his family and friends are all ok.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq0TXyah-20/

 

[BittyBug]

The damage is pretty astonishing. It is going to take a while for them to repair everything, especially with winter here.

But property can be replaced. I hope everyone is otherwise safe.

 

[Peaches LaTour]

I have lived on the PRF for 38 years & lived through several earthquakes, some large (Northridge, 6.8) & many strong enough to rattle the china but not break anything.

Aftershocks are not as intense as the quake & they diminish with each event but they are still scary when your nerves are already frayed.

Northridge, 1994, was the last catastrophic earthquake to hit the U.S., prior to this one, and the PRF has been very active elsewhere so the U.S., has been very, very lucky that 24 years passed between this activity.

We had a couple of sayings about quakes when I lived in So., California:
"It's not a matter of 'if' but 'when' or "the further you are from the last big one, the closer you are to the next".

Saying prayers for the people of Anchorage.

 

[rfisher]

My sister had no damage to her house, but she said the roads are a mess. And given it's winter, they won't be able to do repairs until summer. Asphalt won't cure in the winter temps.

 

[skatesindreams]

Repairs to that badly damaged road:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/us/alaska-earthquake-road-repair-trnd/index.html