Saturday, 30 August 2014

Did the earth move for you too?



Just experienced a 5.07 magnitude quake centred about 40 miles NW of Fairbanks at a depth of 10 miles. Sat in the bus at the campsite just before supper and everything started shaking for a few seconds. Our first thought was that someone had hit the back of the bus or the jacks had sunk, but that didn't feel quite right. Checked the earthquake news and found out it was this...

http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/Seis/recent/macsub/quakes/2014243_evid11372783/evid11372783.html

spookily enough I had just been emailing my friend Chris who was in California for the past couple of weeks with his family to see if he had been there for their recent shake.

and no, I wasn't snoring...

1 comment:

  1. felt another 4.2 aftershock this morning shortly after getting back from aurora spotting.

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