Shaken Not Stirred Earthquake Souvenir

Shaken Not Stirred Earthquake Souvenir is 14″x 10″ State of Alaska with the time and date from the earthquake. Nicely detailed borders with the quote “Shaken Not Stirred. A great souvenir and $5 of the sales proceeds will go to earthquake disaster families in need. Monies will be distributed through the Baxter Road Bible Church in Anchorage. Made of 16 gauge metal and painted with a hammered black.  Then clear coated with automotive sealant.  Your purchase will help serve as a reminder of this recent event for years to come.  Many families in Anchorage and the surrounding, areas suffered loss with damaged home, property including personal items.  Some without insurance or means to pay for necessary damages or replacement.  Thank you for all your prayers and donations in helping those still in need.

Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday 11/30/2018 in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning for islands and coastal areas south of the city.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the first and more powerful quake was centered about 7 miles (12 kilometers) north of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, with a population of about 300,000.  People ran from their offices or took cover under desks.  The 5.7 aftershock arrived within minutes, followed by a series of smaller quakes.  No tsunami arrived and there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries.

The quake broke store windows, knocked items off shelves, opened cracks in a two-story building downtown, disrupted electrical service and disabled traffic lights, snarling traffic. It also threw a full-grown man out of his bathtub.
Flights at the airport were suspended for hours after the quake knocked out telephones and forced the evacuation of the control tower. And the 800-mile Alaska oil pipeline was shut down while crews were sent to inspect it for damage.

AFTERSHOCKS

Aftershocks have become a part of daily life in Southcentral since the magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Each one brings us back to the moment we felt the world rumble under our feet, stirring up feelings of fear or prompting a desperate search for a safe place to ride out the next wave of energy emitted from the constantly moving ground underneath Alaska.

Alaska was the site of the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the U.S. The 9.2-magnitude quake on March 27, 1964, was centered about 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Anchorage. It and the tsunami it triggered claimed about 130 lives.
The state averages 40,000 earthquakes a year, with more large quakes than the 49 other states combined. Southern Alaska has a high risk of earthquakes because the Earth’s plates slide past each other under the region.
Alaska has been hit by a number of powerful quakes over 7.0 in recent decades, including a 7.9 last January southeast of Kodiak Island. But it is rare for a quake this big to strike so close to such a heavily populated area.