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Witness location : Houston (USA) (49 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Decent little jolts, no damage

Witness location : Houston (USA) (53 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Shook pretty good in Houston

Witness location : Houston (USA) (53 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Couple really good jolts then minor rolling for a bit.

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA) (54 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Woke me up, the bird felt it before I did...good little shaker!

Witness location : Meadow Lakes (USA) (56 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Felt everything shake woke up from my sleep

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA) (57 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 80 min

Started with floor rolling and bed shaking, didn't think it would stop, lasted about 45 seconds or better, then it switched to jolts with more intensity for another 20 or 30 seconds, before it calmed to small rumble and was over. For sure a good reminder of our last big one around here back in Nov several years ago. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA) (57 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Bed rocked for 30 to 45 seconds, then bounced for an additional 20 to 30 seconds

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA) (57 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Bed rocked for 15 or 20 seconds then bounced for 15 seconds

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (60 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Big shaker, everything moved. Lasted a while. Got up out of bed

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (60 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Sudden jolts back and forth. Lasted a while. Biggest one I’ve felt recently. Jumped out of bed

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (61 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Yikes! Strong & ling in West Anchorage

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (61 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Yikes in West Anchorage! Long string shaker with lots of noise.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (61 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt both waves - Spneardagian area , enough to go the safe spot

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (61 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Anchorage

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (61 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Quick shaker, made the cat run

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (61 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

No damage but a good shake.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (62 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Felt it roll in and shook us quite a lot. No immediate damage. we're in the spenard area of Anchorage,AK.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (62 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

OMG!!!!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (62 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Nice big shaker. 2 minutes and still shaking. Felt in Anchorage.

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA) (63 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Really good shakes

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (63 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Heard the rumble, felt the jolt, grabbed the baby and my daughter and stood in a door frame trying to keep them smiling...my older one was nervous at first until I told her it was the earth tooting and it has to release gas every now and then so she finally smiled. But it lasted longer and rocked harder than expected.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (63 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Long enough and rattle-y enough to get a bunch of jaded Alaskans out of bed after a night on the town!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (64 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Good  hard quake

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (64 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Hard long quake

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (64 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

slow roll them big shake then slow roll

Witness location : Susitna North (USA) (65 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

That was a good shake. Power flickered and a few things fell off shelves.

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA) (65 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 508 min

This was the first earthquake I've ever felt, woke up and immediately understood what was happening. I was scared the large mirror i

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (66 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Started as an average Shaker, then ramped up to more side to side movement. Things fell off the wall and a bunch of ornaments fell off the tree

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (66 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Double bang with a distinct gap between the p-wave and s-waves.  Rattle and shake but nothing fell over.  South midtown ANC.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (66 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Huge shake. Lots of items fell! Lasted a while.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (66 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Came on quickly and was pretty strong, then it got stronger with the next wave. Darn good shake.

Witness location : Wasilla (USA) (67 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Shaking loud …prolonged!!!

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA) (67 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Ok that was a big one that was looooong. Zero damage but it woke everyone up!

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA) (67 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Ok that was a big one

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (67 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Lasted several seconds.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (67 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Not a fun way to get woke up.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (67 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 59 min

Definitely stopped what we were doing to move out the kitchen!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (67 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Shook everything in the house and knocked things over on a bookcase

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (67 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Several hard shakes and lots of swaying lasted a long time 30 seconds seems so long.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

2 really big shakers.....broke some glass....why do these things always seem to happen on holidays?  Happy Thanksgiving!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

The ground was rolling and then a jolt hit at the end.  Everything was shaking and moving.

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Very long, with increasing strength and length. Lasted quite a while. Visually everything was shaking.

Witness location : Tanaina (USA) (68 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Lots of shaking

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 101 min

String

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 72 min

I always cling to my tv. I have floor lamps that are 20 pounds sway hard.

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Quite the shake!!  Rumble then a big shake all  lasting about 10 seconds

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

At first a it shook from side to side violently but quickly then I could still feel going side to side for 3 or 4 seconds. I couple things fell of the shelf.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Good shaker.   
Felt like a strong one

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Loud andong , smooth roller with a few larger jolts.  Guessing 6?

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Initial shake, big jolt, then  very long shaker

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Quite a shaker 8:11 am South Anchorage

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Shook a good while. Some glass fell over and broke.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Good shake

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (69 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

House foundation entirely was moving lasted 45seconds or so very distint

Witness location : Wasilla (USA) (69 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

No damage just a considerable shaker. And a bit loud.

Witness location : Wasilla (USA) (69 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Felt off Lucille in Wasilla!

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (70 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

What a way to be rock awake

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (70 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Very strong shaking. More like strong vibration than jolts. Lasted about a minute!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (70 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Flashback of 2018! That shook pretty good! South Anchorage

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (71 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Long and quite the shake.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (71 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Water sloshed out of the dog's bowl. No other damage.

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (71 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Good roller and jolt, lasted a good while

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (71 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

This new site is harder to locate earthquakes

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (72 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Scary

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (72 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Felt right under us. Agressive

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (73 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Fast loud violent

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (73 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

This was a double shake separated by a few servings The second one was harder than the first.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (73 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 347 min

Fairly energetic shaking this morning. As geophysicist Stefan Burns would say, “Boomshakalaka!”
 Must have some PTSD from the 7.0 in November of 2018 - heart rate stayed elevated for a while.  Dogs alerted us before shaking started- they’ve become excellent earthquake detectors.
Pictures a skew and a laser fell over, but haven’t noticed anything damaged.
Happy thanksgiving!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (73 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

I felt two parts of.the quake and in total it lasted a long time, maybe 15 to 20 seconds.  No damage, nothing swaying which surprised me given how noisy it was.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (73 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt very strongly in Anchorage zip code 99516

Witness location : Wasilla (USA) (73 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

One of those that makes you think is it ever gonna stop.

Witness location : Gateway (USA) (76 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

I’m awake!

Witness location : Eagle River (USA) (76 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Long one

Witness location : Lakes (USA) (77 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Started light and built up. Memories of 30 November 2018.

Witness location : Susitna North (USA) (79 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Talkeetna. Items fell off shelves, entire home swayed. Difficult to make it down the stairs to door

Witness location : Lakes (USA) (80 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Pretty good shake for several seconds

Witness location : Farm Loop (USA) (83 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Big shake and roll in Palmer.

Witness location : Farm Loop (USA) (84 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Everything shook and lasted 20-30 seconds

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (87 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Whoa nelly! We are awake now! Old house here. Things falling off of tables/ shelves. Really felt it over here in Palmer. Hearts pounding

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (87 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Lots of shaking and lasted longer than normal, 30 secs

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (87 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

pretty good shake, lasted 2 to 3 seconds

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (87 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

pretty good shake, lasting 2 to 3 seconds

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (88 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

House shook and keep on going.

Witness location : Butte (USA) (92 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Palmer rolling this morning! Yikes

Witness location : Girdwood (USA) (95 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Big shaker.  Pictures askewed. Everything else seems fine. But it was a big one.

Witness location : Nikiski (USA) (103 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

That was amazing! Shook pretty good for a few seconds and then went for a slow roll for a few more. Nikiski

Witness location : Kenai (USA) (116 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Good shaker

Witness location : Funny River (USA) (119 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Ceiling fan swaying, felt house quivering slightly

Witness location : Funny River (USA) (119 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Felt house swaying, lasted a good 30 seconds. Ceiling fan swaying. Nothing fell off shelves. Near sterling....happy Thanksgiving from the tectonic plates.

Witness location : Ninilchik (USA) (178 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

A good Shaker

Witness location : Seward (USA) (178 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

At least the warning was on point, got the warning before the shaking this time.. although light shaking was a bit of an understatement, Seward btw

Witness location : Fairbanks (USA) (394 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

20 to 30 seconds of moderate shaking in Fairbanks