I feel the earth move under my seat

We had an earthquake today. It was a 4.7, centered 20 miles north of Anchorage, so about 50ish miles from us.

I was sitting at my desk and realized that the things on my desk were shaking and there was a deep rumble for a few seconds. Samuel was still in the lunchroom and definitely noticed the rumbling. The girls were out at recess and didn't feel it. Jim was probably making lunch for the little girls and didn't feel anything either.

I had just received a district email that told us that we didn't have to cover our computers, that Redoubt was a level 'orange' today. Then the earthquake, not related to Redoubt, made things a little more interesting for a few seconds.

Geologic Hazard

A friend of mine is in Seattle giving a talk to her colleagues today about Geologic Hazards in Alaska. Ironically, she missed one just this morning. An earthquake out in Cook Inlet, magnitude 5.7 I believe. And me? Well, I was asleep at 9:09 when it hit so I missed it too. My darling hubby let me sleep in this morning.