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Did the Earthquake in Anchorage Delay Your Flight (11/30/2018)?

Did the Earthquake in Anchorage Delay Your Flight (11/30/2018)?

Old Nov 30, 2018, 11:22 am
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Exclamation Did the Earthquake in Anchorage Delay Your Flight (11/30/2018)?

At 829 AM Alaska Standard Time on November 30 an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.0 occurred 5 miles ... The tsunami warning will remain in effect until further notice ...
How to stay safe now
Stay away from the beach. Tsunamis can travel hundreds of miles per hour, so you cant escape if youre close enough to see one
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 12:10 pm
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Lots of stuff broken.

​​​​​​Some roads out of commission.

Hope everyone is ok. It was really rockin'.
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 12:16 pm
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ANC tweeted that the airport is open again and flights are arriving and departing, but the FAA says there is still a ground stop for both inbound ANC traffic as well as overflight traffic.

AS87 looks like it did a U-turn near Yakutat. Looks like the cargo heavies that were on approach are being allowed to land, though.

Lots of road damage in Anchorage, though, including at the International Airport Road/Minnesota interchange.
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 12:20 pm
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AS131 also appears to have done a U-turn near Ketchikan and appears to be headed back to PDX.
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 12:26 pm
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Chugach
ANC tweeted that the airport is open again and flights are arriving and departing, but the FAA says there is still a ground stop for both inbound ANC traffic as well as overflight traffic.

AS87 looks like it did a U-turn near Yakutat. Looks like the cargo heavies that we’re on approach are being allowed to land, though.

Lots of road damage in Anchorage, though, including at the International Airport Road/Minnesota interchange.
From the adn.com:

https://www.adn.com/resizer/xFkh0oaY...YFPHY32QNI.jpg
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 12:30 pm
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Massive earthquake shakes Alaska, damage in Anchorage

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/BR...501647481.html

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Alaskans felt a large earthquake that shook South Central at around 8:30 a.m. this morning.

According to officials with the USGS, the earthquake initially was a 6.6 magnitude but later adjusted the magnitude to a 7.0, and was centered north of Anchorage. The National Weather Service said it was a 7.0 magnitude quake as well.

Several aftershocks of diminishing strength, but still significant, were felt.

Directly following the massive quake, an emergency alert was issued for a tsunami warning, saying that there was danger on the coast for a tsunami, and instructing people to go to high ground.
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 12:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Chugach
ANC tweeted that the airport is open again and flights are arriving and departing, but the FAA says there is still a ground stop for both inbound ANC traffic as well as overflight traffic.
Via EF
Code:
Anchorage International Airport (ANC)
Due to EARTHQUAKE, ANC is closed. The time to reopen is not known.
A ground stop is in place for EARTHQUAKE at ANC. The time to continue is 12:00 pm AKDT..

ETA: Travel advisory at top of AS.com says waiver will be issued shortly, hasn’t been added to the actual travel advisory yet.
Travel advisory: Flights have resumed in/out of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, following a 7.0 earthquake. Guests are advised to check the status of their flight before leaving for the airport. We will be issuing a flexible travel policy for affected guests soon. Updates will be posted to blog.alaskaair.com.

Last edited by dayone; Nov 30, 2018 at 3:31 pm Reason: Added text of travel advisory.
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 2:28 pm
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They've got a shower of water shooting down in the upstairs land-side lobby.
There's a video on Facebook, but I don't think it can be posted easily here.
But it does sound like things are back up and running, for the most part.
That was a DOOZY! I did NOT enjoy that one.
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 8:15 pm
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Here's live ATC of the tower and approach during the earthquake:
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 10:28 pm
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Just had another sizable aftershock.

Ugh...
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