I hope DUers in Alaska are OK - Powerful earthquake jolts Alaska’s largest city

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/powerful-earthquake-jolts-alaskas-largest-city-no-immediate-reports-of-damage-injuries/2011/06/16/AG6ZZfXH_story.html

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Powerful earthquake jolts Alaska’s largest city; no immediate reports of damage, injuries

breaking news.

[XemaSab]

1. Preliminary magnitude 5.2

n/t

[Warpy]

2. 5.2 and 26 miles down

so I think nerves were the main things that got rattled. There's been one small aftershock.

As long as this isn't the prelude to another big one like the 74 quake, they're OK.

[w8liftinglady]

3. Good..I just saw the headline in my paper...

[MineralMan]

4. Not that powerful. Alaska's used to earthquakes of that

size. They happen pretty frequently. People are OK, I'm sure. Now, an 8.0 will cause a lot of damage, but not this one.

It's nice that you're concerned, though.

[Arctic Dave]

5. Anything under a six is considered a free massage.

[Arctic Dave]

6. Anything under a six is considered a free massage.

[thewiseguy]

7. Not powerful at all and not even a shallow one

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. A 5.2 in Los Angeles hardly slows down traffic.

When people find out about it on the news, they call an Earthquake Party.

Not making light of the quake in Anchorage, it's just having been through every quake from Sylmar in '71 makes one a little jaded.