Powerful Earthquake Jolts Alaska

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4253817,00.html

Monday June 28, 2004 12:46 PM


PALMER, Alaska (AP) - A powerful earthquake jolted Alaska panhandle residents out of their sleep early Monday, but no significant damage was reported, authorities said.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, happened at 1:50 a.m. Alaska time (5:50 a.m. EDT) and was centered beneath the ocean off the southern end of the panhandle, said Bill Knight, a scientist at the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center at Palmer.

The jolt, capable of severe damage had it happened near populated areas on land, did not generate a tsunami or seismic sea wave, Knight said. Callers to the center reported only ``items falling off shelves,'' he said.

[Solon]

1. I wonder if the entire Pacific Rim is on Tsunami watch right now?

This was under the ocean after all.

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2. Saipan Under Typhoon Warning

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4253696,00.html

Monday June 28, 2004 12:01 PM


SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - Typhoon Tingting brought high winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands on Monday after dumping record rains on neighboring Guam.

Winds gusting to 90 mph hit Saipan, the capital of this U.S. commonwealth, according to Julio Ngiramethelbang, a radio operator in the emergency management office.

The storm, which reached typhoon intensity Monday, caused some electrical problems, but water service remained active, Ngiramethelbang said. There were no reports of injuries, he said.

...

The center of the typhoon was located 100 miles north-northeast of Saipan, 175 miles north-northeast of Rota and 230 miles north-northeast of Guam.

[BiggJawn]

3. Interesting. One happened in N. Illinois around 1AM CDT...

Epicenter was near Belmont, IL, I believe. about a 4 on the Richter. That would be related to the New Madrid fault. And then one in AK around 3 hours later.....And I think there was another small New Madrid quake last week...

[Ripley]

4. Yes, near San Diego.

And even here in the Deep South we had a small quake about 2 weeks ago.

It seems like things are shaking up everywhere! Is the big one getting ready to rattle?

[BiggJawn]

6. I wonder....

Better check the straps on the water heaters, I think...

Here in Indiana, a major New Madrid earthquake is the kind of event that gives EMA types boners just thinking about how they'll be Heros (so they think)

Me, I think all Hell will break loose. They've been warning us for many years now that we're past due for a quake like the one that made rivers flow backwards and rang churchbells in Boston...

[slackmaster]

7. Earthquakes happen every day

Often they are in unpopulated areas, or places like south central Asia where people are so used to them they aren't newsworthy.

[TX-RAT]

10. Pretty fair share in your neck of the woods

My brother worked for the Marshall's office in San Diego for over 30 yrs. He talked about them often.

[Soloflecks]

8. IL eq not New Madrid related.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/062804_ns_earthquake.html
The geological survey said the three-second quake occurred at a depth of 3.1 miles in a structure associated with the Sandwich Fault Zone. It was not connected with the New Madrid Fault further south, which has been responsible for the Midwest's most serious earthquakes.

[BiggJawn]

12. Sandwich Fault?

Sandwich better get a new PR firm. Every time something wiggles here, they blame it on New Madrid...
My fault, I didn't know about the Sandwich Fault...Oh, I made a pun! :-)

[smirkymonkey]

9. I keep track of seismic activity

via e-mail alerts and I have noticed both an increase in frequency and magnitude lately, particularly Pacific Rim.

Also noticing a lot of hits in places that we don't usually think of as particularly "earthquake prone", such as Central U.S. and parts of Europe. I usually delete them, but I am going to start saving the alerts to see if there are any patterns that we should be aware of.

Sometimes I get the feeling that Mother Nature has had it with us and is trying to shake us off the planet! :)

[Eurobabe]

5. just mother earth reacting to F9-11, lol

trying to shake the Bu$h scourge.

[smirkymonkey]

11. What is really scary is this:

Alaska earthquake put geysers in Yellowstone on new schedule

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/5136851p-5065924c.html

RESEARCH: Effects included flurry of small quakes in the park.

By BECKY BOHRER
The Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The major earthquake that hit Alaska in 2002 and set off a flurry of smaller quakes in far-off Yellowstone National Park also altered activity of hydrothermal features there, causing some geysers to go off more often, new research shows.

Scientists say the Denali fault earthquake, which registered 7.9 and hit in November 2002, is believed to be the first in modern times in North America triggering such large-scale changes so far away.

"What's really kind of interesting ... is the recognition that large earthquakes at very large distances can have really profound effects on Yellowstone geysers, given the orientation of the waves and the amplitude of the particular earthquake," said Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah who was among those who worked on the study appearing in the June issue of the journal Geology.

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13. stats...

...it's only a matter of time (and sometimes chance) before the "mama"'s gonna hit <tic toc...>