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Re: lv-ab: earthquake!!!

From: Don Moses (no email)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 08:12:50 EST

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    The information I have is that it was mag. 7.5, centered about 90 miles
    from Fairbanks and 45 miles from Denali Park HQ. I wouldn't be at all
    surprised if the wave was caused by that earthquake.

    Don

    Ross Fleming wrote:

    > I was aboard boat at Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle this
    >afternoon when a really big wake hit the boat. It didn't go away
    >either. After a while I went topsides to locate the miscreant who was
    >making such a big wake in the marina and found all the boats around me
    >rocking, the docks were creaking and groaning, etc. all much worse
    >than a big winter storm. I talked with folks who were on deck on a
    >neighboring boat they reported that no boats were under weigh leaving
    >wakes and we speculated that it had been refracted around the break
    >water.
    > This evening I heard that there had been a big earthquake in
    >central Alaska at the same time we had the big waking here. Reports
    >are that there was damage to some house barges on Lake Union where
    >shore connections for utilities and sewage were broken.
    >

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