Earthquake right now in Anchorage Alaska.

Our whole building rocked for about twenty seconds. Felt like a large one somewhere near here but not centered here. My desk chair moved back and forth a few inches as the building rocked.

Not large enough to worry about, perhaps a 4 or so here. Usually when we rock that long though it is a bigger one within a couple of hundred miles.

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hope your ok, we will see what usgs has to say when it updates.

eta: 5.2

I'm reading on twitter that it was anchorage and preliminary readings say 5.2

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This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 5.2 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 19:06:04 UTC
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:06:04 AM at epicenter

Location 60.742°N, 151.008°W
Depth 49 km (30.4 miles) set by location program
Region KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
Distances

14 km (9 miles) ENE (75°) from Nikiski, AK
23 km (14 miles) NE (45°) from Salamatof, AK
24 km (15 miles) NNE (31°) from Kenai, AK
84 km (52 miles) SW (234°) from Anchorage, AK

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 22, Nph= 22, Dmin=78.8 km, Rmss=0.64 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source

West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

Event ID at00lmwd24

5.2 magnitude 54 miles SW.

I'm fine. At that size all it does is rock the building like a boat and there will be no damage.

Oddly enough, one of the people I work with was talking all day yesterday about his premonition we would have a big one on the 28th. I think he has been watching to many disaster documentaries lately.

Powerful quake jolts Alaska's largest city:
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I just posted it on the Earthquake thread.
I was surprised that I didn't get my usual email notification for anything over a 5.0.
Glad you're ok.

Just curious - did you notice any strange animal behavior in the hours or minutes prior?