One thing I didn't know about Alaska before moving here is that it is very seismically active. I found this out earlier today, when in the middle of a meeting, the building started to shake ever so slightly. I was sitting next to my boss who started smirking a little bit and when I looked quizzically at him, simply said "earthquake" in a soft voice, so as not to disturb the meeting. The earthquake was actually far south of anchorage, but we felt a few little shock waves for a couple of minutes. It was kind of cool. There was no real apprehension among my colleagues - only a few jokes and people trying to mess with me, saying we needed to get up. No one left their seat, except for coffee. Apparently little quakes are a fairly common occurrence up here.
Daily listing of Alaska earthquakes:
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/Seis/recenteqs/index.html
I'm heading to do some Salmon fishing this weekend down in Seward. So, hopefully I'll get some nice pictures and tales of adventure to share.
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