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Nanuq

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We had an earthquake yesterday, so I went looking for stats about it. It was just a puny one, but I did find some photos of one we had in 2002 in the Mentasta/Tok region.

Landslides onto Black Rapids glacier, coming from the right.

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Avalanches on the Gakona glacier

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It offset the highway as much as 23 feet

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It faulted through a small mountain and up a glacier

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Knocked the side of this mountain off onto Black Rapids glacier

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Fault continued up Gillette Pass

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Fault went up Canwell glacier, splitting it down the middle. Those ice chunks are the size of houses

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More landslides at Mt. McGinnis, roughly 40 million cubic meters of material sloughed off

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Vertical shift in a glacier

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Earthquake eating Peter

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This one's cool, the mountaintop moved downward like a keystone, producing an uphill-facing scarp. The main fault is on the far side of the mountain and a smaller one in front. Plop, down she goes

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Good thing the pipeline is engineered for earthquakes, eh?

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A benefit from the earthquake: it pre-splits your firewood for you! :tu:

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Well Gran, it is almost like your home. In Norge we have ladies like this. :wub:

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And in Alaska we have ladies like this. :rolleyes:

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Can I ask what made you choose such place to live?

It's a long story, but mostly it's because my parents loved the outdoors and disliked crowds, and in the 50s and 60s Alaska was the only place (in the USA) that had what they were looking for. Lots of people live here but never experience "Alaska". There's a saying, that Anchorage is not Alaska, but you can see it from there. That's pretty true. If you want to experience the real Alaska you have to go places that aren't on the map, and you have to be ready for an adventure.

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Well Gran, it is almost like your home. In Norge we have ladies like this. :wub:

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And in Alaska we have ladies like this. :rolleyes:

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Yes...forgot about that... :lol:

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