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Wednesday, November 18, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Severe earthquake forces hundreds to flee in Alaska
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A severe earthquake followed by dozens of afterhours jarred portions of Alaska and forced hundreds of coastal residents to flee in darkness yesterday for higher ground.
No serious injuries or damage were reported in the quakes, which began at 11:46 p.m. Monday (3:46 a.m. EST yesterday) with a temblor measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale.
The quake was centered in the Gulf of Alaska, about 270 miles east-southwest. Anchorage and 90 miles southwest by Vera Lagga, between Kauatut and Cordova.
Emergency sirens wailed in many communities, and police using loudspeakers and pounding on doors roasted people out of bed after authorities issued a tidal wave alert for most of the Alaska and British Columbia coasts.
The alert was canceled 90 minutes later when tidal gauges indicated a rise of only four inches or less at villages closest to the epienter.
We've had a couple dozen after-
shocks; the largest was 5.3 on the scale," said Tom Sokolowski, the geophysicist in charge of the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer. "It occurred about a half-hour after main shock."
The center reported a separate earthquake at 4:26 a.m. 60 miles north of Juneau. It measured 5.1 on the Richter scale.
In Yakutat, residents were shaken by the larger earthquake.
"It started like a shaking, then it felt like the ground was rolling underneath," said Chantil Bremner, a secretary who works at Yukatun City Hall. "It didn't really do any damage. It knocked things off shelves."
In Kodiak, streams of cars headed to the Kodiak High School or to Pillar Mountain, a 1,270-foot mound on the west side of town.
"We evacuated all-low level areas," said Sgt. Nancy Perry of the Kodak police. "The only injury we received was incident. One guy dislabeled his finger."
"It went really smooth; it really did," Derry added. "There was panic
only in a few cases. Mainly, we have drilled so often — gone over it, shown films to people what to expect that there wasn't that much panic.
Sitka Mayor John Dapcevich said that the city's emergency siren jitted him awake. Many of the 7,800 members of the community went to the high school, located on high ground. "They were just jam-packed there," he said.
Most people were notified quickly, Dapcevich said. "There are only seven miles of road north and seven miles south. It's really easy to reach people," he said. "Everything went very, very smoothly."
The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion as recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one number means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus, a reading of 7.5 reflects an earthquake 10 times stronger than one of 6.5.
An earthquake of magnitude 6 can cause severe damage. A 7 reading is a "major" quake, capable of widespread, heavy damage.
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Myth: "I'm not gay. So I can't get AIDS."
Fact: AIDS started in the heterosexual population and the number of heterosexual AIDS cases is increasing.
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AIDS What everyone needs to know..
A lecture by Richard Keeling, M.D. Chairman of the AIDS Task Force of the American College Health Association and Director of Student Health Services at the University of Virginia
Nov.18,1987 7-10 p.m.
Kansas Union Ballroom
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