8.2 Earthquake Shakes Gulf of Alaska

originally posted by: Blaine91555
Looks like the bullet was dodged. Time to go back to bed.

Good thing...this could have been very very bad.

a reply to: RickinVa

Yeah, that was tense. I'm very happy it seems to have not materialized, but it just as easily could have.

originally posted by: Blaine91555
a reply to: RickinVa

Yeah, that was tense. I'm very happy it seems to have not materialized, but it just as easily could have.

It still might, I am hearing the water is receeding but I don't think it's going to get too big.

Receding water is a bad sign you guys.

It means the wave is building up, sucking in more water and getting bigger... meaning a big one is on its way.

originally posted by: CranialSponge
Receding water is a bad sign you guys.

It means the wave is building up, sucking in more water and getting bigger... meaning a big one is on its way.

Agreed. It's way too early for anyone to say this is over and that we dodged a bullet. I wish that were true, but it's not. I understand that the water has been receding but nothing else happened. Yet.

One news reports a bouy says a 32' water displacement. Think on Fox



Buoy 46410, which is northeast of the quake's epicenter, has recorded a “water displacement” of 32 feet, the National Weather Service said. The reported 32 foot wave was projected to reach Kodiak, Alaska about an hour after the initial earthquake.

10 aftershocks after the 7.9

Another 6+ wouldn't surprise me at all.

edit: make that 11 aftershocks...another one just came in.


edit 12... another one.

originally posted by: RickinVa
10 aftershocks after the 7.9

Another 6+ wouldn't surprise me at all.

edit: make that 11 aftershocks...another one just came in.

I am not feeling them which is a good thing. The guy streaming on facebook isn't feeling them either which is weird cause he's pretty close to kodiak.

originally posted by: CranialSponge
Receding water is a bad sign you guys.

It means the wave is building up, sucking in more water and getting bigger... meaning a big one is on its way.

Exactly. Tourists in Indonesia thought it was over and went out to investigate. Then another, bigger wave hit and caught them totally off-guard. These people lost their lives.

The problem with tsunamis is that the first initial waves are not the biggest ones. The largest wave usually follows anywhere from a 1/2 hour to 2 hours later. This is not over.

Right now what it's doing is receding water levels on the coastline. A big change like that in sea level indicates the mid-section of the tsunami waves is going to be high.

How high, there's no way to tell yet... but receding water indicates it's still building up momentum.


Not good.

Not good at all.

The last three aftershocks appear to be in a straight line from each other...don't know what that means if anything.


edit: another one... that's like 4 in the last few minutes.

5 aftershocks in the last 28 minutes.

www.facebook.com...


tide has risen 3 feet and keeps fluctuating.

Is the tsunami still on for BC Coast? I’m in the Warning

.... and the aftershocks keep coming

This is crazy, there's aftershocks hitting anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes apart, one after the other.

Ranging anywhere from 5.6 down to 4.0

Another 5.6 just hit a couple of minutes ago.

7.9
4.6
4.8
4.7
5.0
4.6
4.2
4.2
3.1
4.5
4.1
4.3
4.2
4.2
4.6
4.4
5.0
5.6


All that activity is constantly stirring up the waters...

a reply to: violet

Yes, BC is still under a severe warning.

Emergency Info BC

originally posted by: RickinVa
This reminds me of the old ATS that I joined for.

Piss on politics.


lol.

Absolutely. Was thinking the same thing.

Posted on my FB so hoping the night owl/early bird people I know in the US can alert anyone they know in the area.

And I was only watching Geostorm last night, feels a little uncanny.

They've canceled the tsunami watch for the Oregon coast.

a reply to: CranialSponge

Thanks

a reply to: CranialSponge
Says cancelled now

My quakewatch app has been going off all week for the America’s
I somehow feel as if there’s more to come.

Tonight before all this I was reading a local firemen’s thing on prepping for The Big One . A lot of comments were really off putting, like I’m not prepping I’ll just loot you guys with my guns, which I suppose is a reality and it made me think you shouldn’t say I have this and I have thst, all stocked up.

A bit off topic for this thread but there you go.