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Witness location : Kodiak (USA) (284 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Shook for longer than normal

Witness location : Homer (USA) (429 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Woke me up and i went outside before it was done

Witness location : Homer (USA) (429 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 720 min

More of a duration event than an intensity event. Probably lasted 45 seconds for the portion I was awakened

Witness location : Seward (USA) (454 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

It was big enough to wake me up

Witness location : Ninilchik (USA) (473 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 215 min

Very rumbling and feel it but then it hits felt very bad jolting 6ft. Windows rattling and it's tri-level house and all was moving. Even the stairs and out side decking around the house Windows which are 6ft tall were rattling which woke the kids up a few things fell from cupbard .

Witness location : Soldotna (USA) (511 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Fairly good shake, seemed long and slow. Nothing fell but lights swayed long after

Witness location : Kenai (USA) (521 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Long slow steady sways. Lasted quite a while!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (569 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 429 min

What a way to wake up!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (570 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Shaker in Anchorage Alaska. Felt rolling motion about 30 seconds.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (572 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Felt steady sway for several seconds.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (573 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 612 min

Awakened me, but then I've lived in AK along time and have experienced many quakes. I don't get excited by temblors.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (577 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

I had guessed it was a 6 close to Anchorage until I received the tsunami warning!  It lasted longer than most.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (578 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

65 to 70 seconds long....

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (578 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt like a tremor, very mild and lasted about a minute. By my clock 12:34 am

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (578 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt like a tremor, very mild and lasted about a minute. By my clock 12:34 am

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (578 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

It wasn’t a super hard shake but definitely strong enough to wake me up. Especially as it lasted for a good 8-10 seconds.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (578 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

An horage east side

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (579 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Rolled on for thirty thirty five seconds

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (579 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Seemed to last a long while. Steady shaker.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (580 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Shook longer than normal, scared my youngest daughter her barbies fell off her Barbie house.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (580 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Seemed somewhat different than you would expect. Swaying light fixtures and window coverings with creaking sounds from wood movement but no noticeable rolling or shaking. It took several moments to realize it was an earthquake.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (580 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3838 min

Nothing fell but we did rock a lot and it was long

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (581 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

We woke up to a galloping shake that lasted more than 30 seconds.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (583 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Woke up from a deep sleep and thought I was dreaming that the bed was floating - saw another comment from someone that it was rolling and felt like waves; apparently my dream sleep recognized that too

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (588 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Definitely longer than usual, all the shaking came with a tsunami warning.

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (597 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

10-15 seconds!!

Witness location : Anchorage (USA) (597 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

There was a tsunami warning right after

Witness location : Wasilla (USA) (610 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Very mild and very quiet. Must have been far from Wasilla

Witness location : Wasilla (USA) (616 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Very mild shaking... duration 1-2 minutes

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (619 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Long - at least 30 seconds

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (619 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

lasted about a moment and a half and was intense enough to shake basement

Witness location : Wasilla (USA) (619 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

It wasn't that strong but lasted quite a bit of time

Witness location : Palmer (USA) (621 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

The building shook & jerked for about 15-20 seconds, noticeably increasing in intensity in the middle of the time frame indicated.

Witness location : Willow (USA) (642 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Long slow event.  Very long...

Witness location : Whitehorse (Canada) (967 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I thought Hans was getting out of bed because the log cabin was creaking.  Then I felt really bleary headed - I thought it was tiredness making the room seem like it was moving.  It lasted a few more seconds though, so I figured out it was an earthquake.  Pretty minor, but definite.

Witness location : Nikolski (USA) (1326 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 169 min

Long long slow ...shook home .....? Tzunami alert