8.2 Earthquake Shakes Gulf of Alaska

originally posted by: RickinVa
Finally hit CNN.

real news for once!!

that's because they want more ad revenue coming in,　

a reply to: Soloprotocol

just like clockwork.

a reply to: Soloprotocol
So going off topic slightly ... if there was an incoming missile would anyone be manning the alert system why the US gov was shut down? Interesting

Biggest tsunami on record actually happened in Alaska in 1958 !

World's Tallest Tsunami


A tsunami with a record run-up height of 1720 feet occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska

On the night of July 9, 1958, an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay. This mass of rock plunged from an altitude of approximately 3000 feet (914 meters) down into the waters of Gilbert Inlet (see map below). The impact generated a local tsunami that crashed against the southwest shoreline of Gilbert Inlet. The wave hit with such power that it swept completely over the spur of land that separates Gilbert Inlet from the main body of Lituya Bay. The wave then continued down the entire length of Lituya Bay, over La Chaussee Spit and into the Gulf of Alaska. The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level. Millions of trees were uprooted and swept away by the wave. This is the highest wave that has ever been known.

ETA: The 1958 EQ had a 7.7 magnitude


World's Tallest Tsunami

originally posted by: ThePeaceMaker
a reply to: Soloprotocol
So going off topic slightly ... if there was an incoming missile would anyone be manning the alert system why the US gov was shut down? Interesting

Probably the Janitor if he/she hasn't had a visit from ICE by now.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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* The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary
assessment and changes may occur.

* Magnitude 8.0
* Origin Time 0032 AKST Jan 23 2018
0132 PST Jan 23 2018
0932 UTC Jan 23 2018
* Coordinates 56.0 North 149.2 West
* Depth 12 miles
* Location 175 miles SE of Kodiak City, Alaska
365 miles S of Anchorage, Alaska


FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
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* Tsunami activity is forecasted to start at the following
locations at the specified times.

FORECAST
START
SITE OF TSUNAMI
---- ----------

* Alaska
Kodiak 0145 AKST Jan 23
Seward 0155 AKST Jan 23
Elfin Cove 0155 AKST Jan 23
Sitka 0200 AKST Jan 23
Yakutat 0205 AKST Jan 23
Valdez 0215 AKST Jan 23
Sand Point 0220 AKST Jan 23
Cordova 0225 AKST Jan 23
Unalaska 0240 AKST Jan 23
Homer 0255 AKST Jan 23
Craig 0300 AKST Jan 23
Cold Bay 0300 AKST Jan 23
Adak 0305 AKST Jan 23
Shemya 0350 AKST Jan 23
Saint Paul 0400 AKST Jan 23

I'm in Anchorage and we felt it here. Not so strong here but it lasted a very long time. Luckily Anchorage is protected against tsunami's by natural barriers but it could be bad for towns just east or west of us. The first reports should be in about 30 minutes from Kodiak.

Downgraded to 7.9, depth at 25km

That didn't take long. Seems like it is usually about .3 less than the initial report as a general rule of thumb.

* British Columbia
Langara 0210 AKST Jan 23
Tofino 0340 AKST Jan 23

* Washington
Neah Bay 0455 PST Jan 23
Long Beach 0500 PST Jan 23
Moclips 0500 PST Jan 23
Westport 0510 PST Jan 23
Port Angeles 0530 PST Jan 23
Port Townsend 0555 PST Jan 23

* Oregon
Port Orford 0505 PST Jan 23
Charleston 0510 PST Jan 23
Seaside 0510 PST Jan 23
Newport 0515 PST Jan 23
Brookings 0515 PST Jan 23

* California
Crescent City 0520 PST Jan 23
Horse Mountain 0525 PST Jan 23
Fort Bragg 0525 PST Jan 23
Monterey 0555 PST Jan 23
San Francisco 0620 PST Jan 23
Port San Luis 0620 PST Jan 23
Santa Barbara 0635 PST Jan 23
Los Angeles Harb 0650 PST Jan 23
Newport Beach 0700 PST Jan 23
La Jolla 0705 PST Jan 23
Oceanside 0705 PST Jan 23

For other area's.
Link

YES i Did read all my post and reply's i've had premonitions about these events for quite some timeNOW DONT believe me at your own peril and destruction....


a reply to: ThePeaceMaker

Tsunami warning with news links.

www.google.org...

Tsunami Warning for ENTIRE west coast

Get out NOW

Anyone got a live webcam links to possible effected areas.

originally posted by: carewemust
Isn't 8.0 about as strong as they get? Like a CAT-5 Hurricane.

No, the Richter scale is different than the one they use to assign Categories for hurricances (which is a simple linear scale based on sustained wind speeds).

For earthquakes they use a "logarithmic scale", which means that each single digit increase on the scale represents a ten-fold increase in the energy released by the quake.

So, an 8.0 earthquake is 10 times more powerful than a 7.0...and, for example, a 9.0 is 1,000 times more powerful than a 6.0.

CNN is reporting a buoy showed a 38ft wave......time will tell soon enough.

Edit... first aftershock just hit....4.7

EDIT: second aftershock hit

If you are near the effected area get off ats and get safe!.

Most people are asleep right now...

I hope there's enough warning to evacuate the coastal areas.

Times like these I wish I was still in the army, in my Hawk, ready to go.

Oh my gosh...My best friend is in San Francisco at a work conference. I just texted her but it's very early there, like 2:40 am. Is this a real tsunami warning?

originally posted by: TheJesuit
YES i Did read all my post and reply's i've had premonitions about these events for quite some timeNOW DONT believe me at your own peril and destruction....


a reply to: ThePeaceMaker

Just had a quick look at your threads, you've predicted a large quake pretty much everywhere in the world. I wouldn't call them premonitions more like .. have plenty of wild guesses and you'll soon get one right. Anyway I'm the UK the only tsunami ill get is when I sit down in the bath too quickly

originally posted by: texasgirl
Oh my gosh...My best friend is in San Francisco at a work conference. I just texted her but it's very early there, like 2:40 am. Is this a real tsunami warning?

Yes...A phone call may be the better option.

This is bad.

Everyone is sleeping in their beds right now and the tsunami is expected to hit the Alaskan and BC coastlines within the next 2 to 3 hours.

For those of you who know anyone who lives on those coastlines, pick up the phone and call them if you can...

Wake them up so they have enough time to get to higher ground, we have no idea right now how bad the waves are going to be !