Tsunami Warning Alaska (Metlakatla: activities, areas, epicenter)

[Metlakatla]

She's okay.

[Milleka]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

My friend over in Japan just posted on FB that they're still having earthquakes there. She's fing terrified.

Yeah- I just heard that on CNN that they had like a 6.2 just a little while ago.

[Milleka]

Has anything happened in Alaska over the last week or so?

[gobrien]

Originally Posted by Milleka

Has anything happened in Alaska over the last week or so?

I think there was a little quake that could be felt a couple of weeks ago, but nothing so far outside of the norm.

Recent Earthquakes

[Milleka]

Originally Posted by gobrien

I think there was a little quake that could be felt a couple of weeks ago, but nothing so far outside of the norm.

Recent Earthquakes

Hmmm. We've had increased activity in Oklahoma over the past few months, but it's been nothing over about a 4.

[gobrien]

Originally Posted by Milleka

Hmmm. We've had increased activity in Oklahoma over the past few months, but it's been nothing over about a 4.

Is it from fracking?

Hydraulic fracturing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[blueflames50]

Originally Posted by gobrien

Is it from fracking?

Hydraulic fracturing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

they stop fracking in Alabama as there is a major populous that believes the earth quakes and tremors are due to the fracking....many long time residents say they never had even tremors until the company started Frack drilling

[warptman]

Quit fracking around.

[gobrien]

Originally Posted by blueflames50

they stop fracking in Alabama as there is a major populous that believes the earth quakes and tremors are due to the fracking....many long time residents say they never had even tremors until the company started Frack drilling

Arkansas is going through that, too.

[FreedomThroughAnarchism]

Originally Posted by blueflames50

Japan has a better "pre-warning" system than anywhere in the world according to what was just on the NOAA channel. Also many article can be found about Japan early warning system being the best in the world
Japan quake warning system sounded early alarm (http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Japan+quake+warning+system+sounded+early+alarm/4423672/story.html - broken link)

Are you contending that one minute advance warning is enough to get out of dodge? A few minutes is enough for people to take appropriate earthquake-specific action (e.g. getting out of buildings, going into them if that would be wiser depending on location, standing under doorways, etc...), but if you are a coastal dweller, its probably not going to help you all that much insofar as getting out of the path of tsunamis. In contrast to the U.S. who literally had several hours advanced notice of the impending situation.

The situation being alluded to prior in the conversation related to people fleeing the cities and getting to much higher ground (hence the talk of mountains) to avoid the tsunami, not the earthquake, a task that is likely to take a half hour under the best of circumstances, and an hour or two, under more unfavorable conditions... unless one just happens to live in just the right location where high ground is readily reachable in just a few minutes time. What was the differential in time between the onset of the initial shock waves and the cresting of the tsunamis upon their shores.