Pacific Ring of Fire activity

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Scientists say rash of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on 'Ring of Fire' not connected

Scientists say rash of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on 'Ring of Fire' not connected - ABC News

 

[NoTrespassing]

There have been 9 earthquakes over 5 magnitude in the past 24 hours. That puts the meter in the red on this website;

Earthquakes Today

 

[oosik]

Yes, things do go bump in the night. Lived in Anchorage for 21 years.

 

[Jim Nelson]

We had a reportedly 4.1 about 2:10 am,I was up on a p call and coughing fit. It started with a small rumble and the house squeaked a bit then in a couple of seconds there were two more bigger rumbles and the house complained some more but my wife didn't feel or hear anything. The epicenter was said to be about 35 or 40 miles North of us.No big deal.

 

[oosik]

Lived in Anchorage from '61 thru '82. Like a lot of folks we had a split level house with a big 'ol chandelier hanging in the entry way. Chandelier made a good earthquake detector. If it shook and vibrated - a small one. When it swung wall to wall - Katy hold on, here comes a big one.

We would get so many small ones - every month - everybody just didn't pay much attention. You could always tell a greenhorn - they would get excited at the small ones.

 

[Doofy]

We believe in Rock & Roll! Earthquakes | Alaska Earthquake Center

 

[oosik]

Doofy - a few posts back - you mentioned you felt that last big one - 7.9 - out east of Kodiak. I checked out where they said the epicenter was and it was about 425 miles SW of you there in Glennallen. That was a pretty good shaker to be felt that far away.

 

[Doofy]

Doofy - a few posts back - you mentioned you felt that last big one - 7.9 - out east of Kodiak. I checked out where they said the epicenter was and it was about 425 miles SW of you there in Glennallen. That was a pretty good shaker to be felt that far away.

oosik, It is true that we get used to the earthquakes after having so many. Every once in a while, we have one that behaves differently and really gets our attention. In 2002 we had the Denali Fault quake at a 7.9 magnitude. That one was close, located this side of Fairbanks. I was cooking something on the stove and the house started rolling so bad, I had a hard time trying to walk back to the stove to turn the gas off. Made me nauseous to.

I rode out the Great Alaska Earthquake in 1964 when I was 12 years old. It turned out to be a 9.2 magnitude and was the most awe inspiring and scariest event I had ever witnessed before and since. It was deafening and felt like the world was coming to an end. It seemed to last forever and even the aftershocks would knock you out of bed.

 

[oosik]

Soooo..... we tell our age, ha,ha. I rode out the "BIG" one of '64 in Anchorage. I was 22 and had been in Alaska less than two years. A mere chechako. Needless to say - I WAS NOT prepared for most any of what Alaska had to offer at that time - much less a quake of that size.

 

[cqaigy2]

"chechako" I've not heard that in a long time. :laughing:

A friend of mine said she had been a small child during the Big 64 quake. Didn't remember much, other than people screaming and yelling. I looked up pictures of that quake and was amazed and the results. Can't even comprehend what that must have been like.

 

[oosik]

As I remember that day - H*LL, that week - it was your VERY WORST nightmare, that got even worse when you woke up and continued on for what seemed, FOREVER. What scared me the most about it - its savage intensity - rather than calming down with time, it got worse and it seemed to go on and on and on - forever. Even the aftershocks, that went on for a week afterwards, were larger than anything I'd ever experienced before. And the SOUND - the Devil had cracked open the gates to H*LL and we were all about to fall in.

 

[Doofy]

As I remember that day - H*LL, that week - it was your VERY WORST nightmare, that got even worse when you woke up and continued on for what seemed, FOREVER. What scared me the most about it - its savage intensity - rather than calming down with time, it got worse and it seemed to go on and on and on - forever. Even the aftershocks, that went on for a week afterwards, were larger than anything I'd ever experienced before. And the SOUND - the Devil had cracked open the gates to H*LL and we were all about to fall in.

Exactly! Well said. My Father had just lowered the derrick on a drilling rig back at Lake Louise or he could have been killed. The trees and power poles were swaying back and forth and almost touching the ground. The dogs were all running around barking at the cracks opening up in the ground. I couldn't walk or run because you couldnt stand up. Sure am glad it wasn't 30 below!