Magnitude 5.0 quake strikes near Anchorage, Alaska

[Swordsmyth]

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska, on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far as 120 miles (193 km) southwest of the state's capital city.Residents of southcentral Alaska were jolted awake by the quake, which was centered 9 miles (15 km) northwest of Anchorage and was over 20 miles (33 km) deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which revised the quake down from a 5.4 magnitude.

More at: https://news.yahoo.com/magnitude-5-4...170555568.html

[Anti Globalist]

Hopefully the people of Anchorage are ok.

[TheTexan]

I hope the Officers are OK.

[Zippyjuan]

Considered an aftershock to the 7.0 quake in the area at the end of November. No damage reports so far. The scale is exponential- a 7.0 quake is 100 times stronger than a 5.0 quake (a 6.0 being ten times stronger than the 5.0 and the 7.0 being ten times stronger than the 6.0). 5.0 is a moderate quake.

[TheTexan]

Considered an aftershock to the 7.0 quake in the area at the end of November. No damage reports so far. The scale is exponential- a 7.0 quake is 100 times stronger than a 5.0 quake (a 6.0 being ten times stronger than the 5.0 and the 7.0 being ten times stronger than the 6.0). 5.0 is a moderate quake.

So would a 1.0 quake be roughly equivalent to Rosie O Donnell getting out of bed in the morning?

[Zippyjuan]

So would a 1.0 quake be roughly equivalent to Rosie O Donnell getting out of bed in the morning?

Probably. They say a 4.0 is like a truck driving by your house. http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4892

I feel that Earth Move Under My Feet.....