Despite the size of the quake, no tsunami warnings were issued. The closest place to the epicenter was Perryville, home to a little more than 100 people 85 miles (135 kilometers) northwest. Much of the land around the part of the Gulf of Alaska where the earthquake struck just before 4 a.m. is home to wildlife refuges.
Alaska is a hotbed of seismic activity. The Alaska Earthquake Center, housed at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, detects an earthquake every 15 minutes, on average, according to its website. The center also says that 75% of all U.S. earthquakes with a magnitude over 5 occur in Alaska.
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Don't forget, they (oil gas deposits) probably aren't all fossil fuels. WRH [Link] I imagine still has a lot of good info on that point from the ~1990s.. (Top of first page.)
RC
Instead, it felt like the skyscraper (>6 stories by Cocoa standards and it was = or . 20 stories) had been grabbed by Godzilla and shaken from left to right - as if all of a suddent I was on a 100ft vessel in 10 foot seas. You could see AND HEAR! the high pitched, almost ultrasonic, probably for over half of those there inaudible, squeal/scream / squreal? of the windows flexing and JUST ABOUT to shatter! Locals yelled, 'It's an earthquake! Get away from the windows!" Everyone ran into the hallway and then . . . STAB! (See The Auto Biographty.)
Was a fucking trip! Just now typing that last part up way raised by BP. Was a once in a lifetime - hopefully - experience.
RC