Two nights ago, January 24th at 1:34 am Southcentral Alaska experienced a pretty tough quake. My husband, daughter and I were in Anchorage for the weekend getting some grocery shopping done. We were all sleeping at Fairfield Inn when the quake started. Half-asleep, I thought I was at home because when it's windy (and Unalakleet is windy all too often) our house shakes. I opened my eyes and realized we were not at home, but in a hotel in Anchorage. The whole hotel was swaying side-to-side, like it was a tree being blown around by 60 mile-an-hour winds. It felt like the hotel could uplift from it's foundation and crumble to the ground. I didn't know how to react because I've never experienced an earthquake of that magnitude. My husband and baby slept right through it! I couldn't believe it. Maybe they thought they were being rocked to sleep and it was soothing. The quake lasted about 45 seconds.
After the quake stopped, I heard car alarms going off outside. Luckily there was no damage to our hotel room. It just didn't feel real. I was glad we were only on the second floor of the hotel. I can just imagine people up on the 15th floor freaking out and wanting to rush downstairs. The only damage I've heard about so far was a road in the Kenai area. The news stated that 4,800 homes were without power in the Kenai Peninsula. If I never have to experience another earthquake, that would be fine by me. Thank God nobody was hurt!
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