Shake, rattle and roll
Oct. 23rd, 2014 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glacier_kittyFAIRBANKS - Less than three days after a 5.1 magnitude quake rattled Interior Alaska, residents were jolted by another on Thursday morning.
Early measurements pegged it as a magnitude 5.2, but after review, the quake was measured at 5.0. It was centered 10 miles northeast of Minto, two miles from the site of Monday's quake and on the same fault system as a series of quakes that shook the area in late August. Thursday's quake occurred at 8:30 a.m. and was about 10 miles deep.
It was felt from Delta Junction to Nenana. Residents in some areas reported Thursday's quake was longer and felt stronger than Monday's. One Fairbanks resident reported broken dishes and others said items were knocked off shelves.
Yep, I felt it. I was reading in bed before work and everything started shaking. It did feel bigger than the previous one, even though it was a little smaller. I guess it's good the fault is releasing tension with smaller quakes rather than the tension building up and releasing a big one. Alaska is never boring :P
Mountain Sound, for one
Today's trivia: The lifespan of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average
Early measurements pegged it as a magnitude 5.2, but after review, the quake was measured at 5.0. It was centered 10 miles northeast of Minto, two miles from the site of Monday's quake and on the same fault system as a series of quakes that shook the area in late August. Thursday's quake occurred at 8:30 a.m. and was about 10 miles deep.
It was felt from Delta Junction to Nenana. Residents in some areas reported Thursday's quake was longer and felt stronger than Monday's. One Fairbanks resident reported broken dishes and others said items were knocked off shelves.
Yep, I felt it. I was reading in bed before work and everything started shaking. It did feel bigger than the previous one, even though it was a little smaller. I guess it's good the fault is releasing tension with smaller quakes rather than the tension building up and releasing a big one. Alaska is never boring :P
Mountain Sound, for one
Today's trivia: The lifespan of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average
