Current Events > Just had an earthquake in alaska

(+) Yeah! (+)

No reported deaths or major injuries

Two days later we're still getting aftershocks
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Error1355 posted...

I heard that no one died during this? That's amazing for how strong of a quake it was.

alaska is probably the most prepared place on the planet for a major earthquake. after anchorage was basically destroyed in the Good Friday quake of 1964 (9.2 mag), all of the infrastructure was rebuilt to be super reinforced against future quakes.

for reference, the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 was of the same magnitude as the one on Friday (7.0) with an epicenter even farther away from the major population center (16 miles) than Friday's quake was from Anchorage (9 miles), yet it ended up killing 300,000 people. yeah i know Haiti is a 3rd world country with poor living conditions and shitty infrastructure, but it still puts it into perspective.

I saw a video of someone in like the 6th floor of a building and outside of a few floating ceiling tiles falling down no other real damage. Shit's legit.
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