Not much of one 2.5 on the scale. But first one I've ever really been in and enough to make ripples in my milk and cereal.

The ones we had down in southern california were interesting at times.

First one I experienced was in KY when the New Madrid Fault decided it was time to move, pretty good quake, 5.5,

The next was when I lived in NorCal in 86 it shook the heck out of the waterbed banging windows, furniture moving...

I was in Reno at a convention when the Loma Prieta quake hit the bay area in 89 at 6.9m , we felt the convention center shaking over 220 miles away.

Just a baby.

The most memorable one during my 5 years in Anchorage was the 6.2 that was centered 80 miles NW of Anchorage on 9/25/14. Not only was it powerful, the damn thing lasted for what seemed like 5 minutes. The bootlegger cove clay around Anchorage made it feel much closer than 80 miles.

The two biggest things you'll find about Alaska earthqaukes is that:

Most of the earthquakes (dozens per day) happen in the Aleutian Islands.

Your friends and family in L48 can't fathom that the Aleutian Islands are over a thousand miles away. I used to get calls, texts, e-mails when a big one made the news. I always thanked them, but I'd tell people from my hometown in the Upper Midwest that what they're doing is equivalent of me worrying about them when there was a natural disaster in New Jersey.

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How about 6.7. This was the Sylmar, California quake of 1971. I woke up to the quake which had moved my bed clear across the room, finally stopping at the opposite room wall.

I lived 15 miles from the main San Andreas Fault, where it runs through Cajon Pass, for 20 years. While (thankfully) no earthquakes were centered in that spot, I felt a number of them, for example, the 1992 Landers/Big Bear (two different ones on the same day), the 1994 Northridge and the 1999 Hector Mine. I was also in Mammoth Lakes, CA, working in a tire shop, during a "swarm" of small quakes, a few of which threatened to spill tires off the overhead shelves.

I don't even think I ever felt one less than 3.0 when I lived in California.

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I don't even think I ever felt one less than 3.0 when I lived in California.

Yeah. Not to many in my time. My mom went through a big one when she was pregnant with me.

I was eating at a taco shop in SoCal when a decent one hit. Strange how the large plate glass window next to me flexed during it.

And also northern CA getting creamed in the late 80's early 90's when the highway gave out.

Strange sensation for sure.

They now upgraded it to 5.7 from what they reported this morning. I don't feel like a whimp anymore.

I worked a 3 week security detail in Hawaii from the middle of June to early July this year when the lava flow at Leilani estates was at peak activity. There were hundreds of quakes every day in a cycle, culminating in a 5.1-5.3 magnitude shaker at the Kilauea caldera.

Granted, these were subsidence quakes lasting only about 3-5 seconds, but were constant. Because they were shallow, the big ones at he summit were strong enough to almost make you lose your balance.

I lived in Indian, south of Anchorage by about 20 miles for quite a while.
The fun part of tremors and quakes was noticing that my cat and dog would pick up on the vibrations about 3-4 seconds before it became noticeable by me.

That is very interesting. Animals have all sorts of senses that exceed our own sometimes orders of magnitude. God didn't give us those abilities, interesting.

I was living in Delta Junction when the earthquake hit Anchorage in 1964.

I was at Mare Island when the Loma Prieta rumbler hit. We had some folks en route back from Oakland at the time. Took a bit to confirm they were all okay. And yes this was after the normal day shift but those of us on the Project Management Team for a sub overall could be there all time of of the day and night.

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
I don't even think I ever felt one less than 3.0 when I lived in California.

Yeah. Not to many in my time. My mom went through a big one when she was pregnant with me.

I was eating at a taco shop in SoCal when a decent one hit. Strange how the large plate glass window next to me flexed during it.

And also northern CA getting creamed in the late 80's early 90's when the highway gave out.

Strange sensation for sure.

Yeah, I definitely felt Loma Prieta in '89!

Last year when I was living on the Alaska peninsula, one bit and it sounded and felt like a truck had crashed into the 4plex house. Me and my buddy went out....nothing. Didn’t find out until morning there was an earthquake.

2000Z-71 and Newmexican. Are y'all alright?

USGS is calling this morning's earthquake a M7.0 about 7 mi north of Anchorage.

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2000Z-71 and Newmexican. Are y'all alright?

USGS is calling this morning's earthquake a M7.0 about 7 mi north of Anchorage.

There is a tsunami warning in effect as well.

Jim

Hope our Alaskans are doing ok.