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Witness location : Sutton-Alpine (USA)

Sutton. Shaking. Felt like low rumble them soft shake.

Witness location : Tanaina (USA)

Shook for a few seconds then I felt the house go back and forth. Didn't last very long.

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Heard and felt it coming for a long while before a decent shake came along!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Seemed like a 7-8-9 second shaking. Perhaps a little undulation as well. I was standing.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

A bit of a jolt, intense 'rumbling', than that floating on water rolling feeling. Felt like a couple minutes.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Big shake and long roll

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA)

It was a few seconds to about 30 seconds long. Rocked the Christmas tree.

Witness location : Lakes (USA)

A few minutes ago

Witness location : Wasilla (USA)

ornaments on the Christmas tree were swaying, lights flickered, house shifted

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA)

Quick little shaker

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Loooooooooong

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA)

Long one! It must have been a big one, shook the whole bed, and all the drink containers.

Witness location : Homer (USA)

Homer restaurant

Witness location : Soldotna (USA)

Nice big jolt, everything rocking

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Shaking, lasted a longer than usual.

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Felt it good out in Chugiak

Witness location : Funny River (USA)

Kiddie rollercoaster including the slow rolling stop.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Did not hear this one coming, but it shook the office side to side and bounced me out of my ball chair! I would be lying if I said I wasn’t afraid it was the beginning of the end….

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Slight shake then jolting for about 15 seconds. Had to be close. Haven’t had one that strong for a while.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

I am up three stories and the quake feels like a 6 pointer.

Witness location : Lakes (USA)

5.7

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Long and loud, but not a huge jolt up here on hillside

Witness location : Ferry (USA)

The house did a quick vibration that made that glass of water on the move.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Shook everything in the house for like 20 seconds, kids got a little scared, but everyone is ok

Witness location : Ninilchik (USA)

About 10 seconds worth of shaking!

Witness location : Farm Loop (USA)

Heard some odd noises I couldn't identify and then it came. Shook pretty good then passed.

Witness location : Meadow Lakes (USA)

Good long roller

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA)

Good quick jolt

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Heard it, then it hit & whole house rattled

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA)

Fel t it downstairs, not upstairs

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Our house in Eagle River was shaking for about 8 seconds.

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

A nice rumble

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA)

Bit of a shaker!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Jarred building, then continued for several seconds of shaking

Witness location : Chugiak (USA)

Fairly quick pass through shake.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

South Anchorage good jolt door lights fan swaying lightly... jolt with trembling for at least 30sec after. longer than usual

Witness location : Soldotna (USA)

Good shaker

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Very rolling

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Cats ran for cover, we held on, deep shakes, entire home moved for 2minutes. Dec 21, 2021 @ 1:42pm alaska time.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Christmas trees make a lot of noise

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

That was a nice rumble, probably going to be some aftershocks

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Yuk

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Hard, quick shake. I’ve been thinking one was due.

Witness location : Sterling (USA)

Seemed to last longer than they normally do.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Small but aware of it.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Felt some rolling with a couple jerking motions.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

One large jolt, side to side, then progressively smaller shakes.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

A strong initial shock, followed by a back and forth sliding kind of motion.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

A just park my truck and it started rocking very violently

Witness location : Meadow Lakes (USA)

Long lasting

Witness location : Nikiski (USA)

Barely felt it

Witness location : Bear Creek (USA)

Moderate shake for about 15 seconds.

Witness location : Palmer (USA)

Quick jolt with rumbling after.

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Good shake

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Rolling back and forth in S. Anchorage. Rattled our cage for 10 to 15 seconds. Hanging stuff swinging but nothing fell over.

Witness location : Seward (USA)

Yep seward flet this one

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Mild jiggling, only lasting a few seconds. South anchorage

Witness location : Homer (USA)

Outside in Homer standing still. Almost fell down. Vehicles shaking.

Witness location : Wasilla (USA)

Long rolling quake.

Witness location : Kenai (USA)

Felt it Kenai. Everything was shaking!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

2 shaky jolts

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Felt two waves...

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Powerful initiall jolt, then rocking slowly decreasing over the next 60-90 secondsor so.

Witness location : Houston (USA)

A few small items knocked over

Witness location : Meadow Lakes (USA)

Felt the movement and had some items shake.

Witness location : Knik-Fairview (USA)

Dishes rattling in the cupboard’s big jolt

Witness location : Ninilchik (USA)

Felt rolling for our about a few seconds before a very large jolt then the rolling continued for a good minute. In Ninilchik, made me sick to my stomach.

Witness location : Elmendorf Air Force Base (USA)

It shook for longer than usual, about 20 seconds.

Witness location : Kenai (USA)

Kenai

Witness location : North Pole (USA)

Just a little bumbling

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

Just a little shake.

Witness location : Eagle River (USA)

Scary

Witness location : Kenai (USA)

At first it felt a bit like someone hit the building not hard then a few more bumps . Then it started to roll then the rocking began. It went on for a good 1 1/2 minutes.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA)

My adrenaline is still elevated. Gentle movement followed a few seconds later by creaking in the walls, pots swaying on the kitchen rack, and dogs barking and running back and forth. It almost feels like the house is still moving a bit.Not bad overall, but definitely got our attention