‘Wow! It’s like being on a boat!’ he says.
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The Alaska Earthquake Center website reported that the earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of Homer about 1:30 a.m. local time.
A DOT spokesperson says no damages were found to bridges on the Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage or Matanuska-Susitna areas. The Homer Electric Association said that approximately 4,800 customers in the Kenai Peninsula had no power supply on Sunday morning.
About two hours later, a magnitude-4.3 aftershock hit the Cook Inlet, in addition to another smaller quake with a 3.2 magnitude.
Dishes were hurled from shelves in homes.
Along with the damaged homes, The Kenai Fire Department reported several fires near the Kenai Spur Highway and a “gas leak/explosion”, according to the Dispatch News.
The town of Kenai had some damage to store product and power outages were found throughout southern Alaska.
A dispatcher for the Homer police department, who declined to identify herself, said no one called to report broken gas lines or any significant damage, but many called to report feeling the strong quake. The most powerful aftershock was felt on Sunday.
The epicenter was located about 162 miles southwest of Anchorage, in the Cook Inlet region.
Monica Gokey of Alaska Public Media reports that residents from Fairbanks to Juneau posted on social media that they felt the natural disaster. Major earthquakes and tsunamis have taken place as a result of its seismic activity.
“There have been a few earthquakes in the past few weeks but it’s not really unusual over the course of the year”. “That’s how I chose my house”. #Alaska. One of the worst ones I’ve felt.
Andrew Sayers, 26, of Kasilof was watching television when the quake struck. “We have about 8,000 square feet of space in 100 facilities throughout the district”, Shelley said.
“We launched over this crack in the road”.
After reaching his mother’s house, Sayers checked on his grandparents, who live about a mile away. “Get up!’ said”, Associated Press reporter Mark Thiessen.
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