Earfquake!

[tylertoo]

Here in nearby Phillyville, I felt it. I thought my washing machine had gone bonkers. Never occurred to me it was an earthquake, but that was my wife’s guess.

Edit, here you go:

[Ginger_Yellow]

West Coasters, stay safe.

Tsunami Warning in Effect for;

• BRITISH COLUMBIA, The Juan de Fuca Strait coast, the outer
  west coast of Vancouver Island, the central coast and
  northeast Vancouver Island, and the north coast and Haida
  Gwaii

• SOUTHEAST ALASKA, The inner and outer coast from The
  BC/Alaska Border to Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE
  of Yakutat)

• SOUTH ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA, Pacific coasts from
  Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE of Yakutat) to Unimak
  Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska)

• ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of
  Unalaska) to Attu, Alaska including the Pribilof Islands

Tsunami Watch in Effect for;

• CALIFORNIA, The coast from The Cal./Mexico Border to The
  Oregon/Cal. Border including San Francisco Bay

• OREGON, The coast from The Oregon/Cal. Border to The
  Oregon/Wash. Border including the Columbia River estuary
  coast

• WASHINGTON, Outer coast from the Oregon/Washington border
  to Slip Point, Columbia River estuary coast, and the Juan
  de Fuca Strait coast

[Woolen_Horde]

Initially, the USGS said the earthquake was a magnitude 8.2. That prompted the tsunami warning for coastal Alaska and Canada’s British Columbia, while the remainder of the U.S. West Coast was under a watch.
More on earthquakes

An advisory remained in effect for a small part of the state. Watches were canceled for Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. Officials in Japan also said there was no tsunami threat there.

[BrianRubin]

5.3 off the coast of Oxnard, CA. Was felt all over SoCal. I totally felt the rolling.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci37908735#executive

[Gendal]

Bah, I was out of town. My son still hasn’t felt an earth quake so he was super disappointed.

[rowe33]

Didn’t feel a thing at our place but I was doing laundry.

[Djscman]

Would volcanoes fit in this thread? Too bad, because they are spewing forth at your feet!

anonymous

Hope our Hawaiian QT3ers are doing well. I hear that the islands that aren’t the Big Island are not even noticing. How long will this eruption be erupting?

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano eruption destroys more homes

[YakAttack]

Hopefully, the eruptions are not too widespread.

As far as earthquakes are concerned, I’m still waiting for a repeat of this one:

The Great Midwest Earthquake of 1811

[edit]

Okay, I thought a repeat of the 1811 quake was considered a once-in-a-200-year thing. But, reading the article I linked to, I guess it doesn’t happen that often.

[RichVR]

There is a guy… walking… toward the molten lava spewing from the road. Is his brain broken?

[Mark_Asher]

There is a guy… walking… toward the molten lava spewing from the road. Is his brain broken?

Yeah, really. Didn’t the guy learn as a child not to fall into the hot lava!

[Left_Empty]

Truth be told, a volcano looks an awful lot like a locorice fountain event.

[RichVR]

Didn’t the guy learn as a child not to fall into the hot lava!

You don’t even fall into it. Molten rock is much denser than the human body. You fall onto it. Then as the liquid in your body instantly flashes to superheated steam, you essentially explode. Do not walk toward lava. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

[charmtrap]

Anchorage Alaska just got hit by a pretty big’un. 6.7 at last check, Tsunami warning for coastal AK.

[John_Many_Jars]

Sled dog puppy pen at Denali appears undisturbed:

https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams-pups.htm

[gruntled]

Haven’t seen any reports of causalities yet, hopefully it stays that way. Meanwhile, a couple of the videos show probably how I would (unfortunately) also react.

1. Be sure to grab your lunch and coffee before running for shelter:

Prem (MrPniroula)

2. (In the CNN Live Updates page - I can’t figure out how to link directly to the clip - it’s the one titled “Home camera captures the moment the earthquake hit”)

Be sure to close the fridge before finding your kid

Alaska earthquake: Live updates

[Left_Empty]

Wow, thank you for that link!

[John_Many_Jars]

We watch the litter grow every year from fat sausages into miniature dogs. This year’s bunch are bitey.

[YakAttack]

1. Be sure to grab your lunch and coffee before running for shelter:

You undervalue the critical importance of fresh coffee!

[gruntled]

I did say I would probably do exactly the same!

The fridge I think is a great example of basic human nature in a crisis - deal with the problem right in front of your face before moving on, even if the 2nd thing is thousands of times more important.

[HumanTon]

A tsunami hit Indonesia today, possibly caused by the eruption of Krakatoa (yes, that Krakatoa.)

At least 43 people have been killed and 600 injured; information is preliminary and this is expected to rise.