Originally Posted By: benjammin
Got awakened 15 minutes or so ago by a little rattling in the house. Turns out we had a 5.7 about 150 miles away. It was deep, probably why we felt it here. Just a jiggle, but woke up the wife and me. Dogs didn't seem to care. Just laid there and looked at us.

It lasted longer than previous quakes I've felt here. But nothing to get concerned about. I am sure when the big one hits, things will go full tilt bozo for a while.


It was the same here with the 2010 Easter earthquake. The house was rolling (felt like a high 3, low 4 by the time it got to us), but the cat was just sitting there with a "This is quite right" expression. If it just rattled the dishes, you probably had a 3 pointer. 4 pointers can be felt through the floor, and 5+ means duck and cover.

A good example of "full tilt bozo" was the '94 Northridge quake. I don't know how Alaska will handle it, but I don't remember much in the way of the locals going "full retard" following that one.
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