What's Happening in Anchorage, AK…

January 24 found south central Alaska residents woken by an earthquake that measured 7.1 on the Richter scale.

The epicenter was in Cook Inlet, about 50 miles to the west of Anchor Point, with the worst damage confined to the sparsely-populated Kenai Peninsula.

In Anchorage, power was out throughout the city, but this did not stop them from going shopping and running errands. The 5th Avenue Mall's stores were dark even though the mall opened at 11:00 am, since most stores decided not to open, citing concerns for customers' safety.

The quake took out the center's transformer, which is buried under the 4th Avenue sidewalk. Crews from the Municipal Light and Power utility worked to unearth and replace the transformer.

Two department stores that get power from a different source opened normally, and enjoyed a steady stream of customers. Sue Doherty, who has lived in Anchorage for 25 years, said living in Alaska made such events “par for the course”. She intended to finish running errands before heading home.

Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz was in Washington, D.C. and missed the event, but noted that Anchorage has disaster response plans that would have gone into effect if the quake had become a true emergency. He and other officials might consider creating Brochures for Mailing to residents, reminding them of those plans and what their response should be in a similar incident.
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