Update: Emergency declaration extended until Tuesday night. Utilities: NEW: The Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility (AWWU) has completed water quality sampling and bacteriological testing throughout the Anchorage drinking water distribution system. Findings from those tests have confirmed that the water system is operating normally and was not contaminated as a result of the earthquake. As a […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nchorage, Alaska – In the wake of Friday’s earthquake and damage to infrastructure, the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is taking the opportunity to outline the department’s emergency response activities. “DOT&PF serves every community in Alaska. We have staff and equipment throughout the state ready to respond to emergencies. They are assisting […]
Aircrew of a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II and Pararescuemen of the 212th Rescue Squadron survey the damage of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Southcentral Alaska Nov. 30. The 176th Wing Guardsmen surveyed Anchorage, Wasilla, Palmer, Whittier, Seward, Valdez and Homer. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In the cold and dark early-morning hours […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] huge earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6, the largest for the southcentral area in several decades, shook up that portion of Alaska at 8:29 am originating just under seven and a half miles north of central Alaska’s biggest city at a depth of 23.9 miles. Six minutes later, that quake was followed by an aftershock just […]