5.34 Richter Wake-up

<><>Below is a link to a site which shows the center of the earthquake this AM at 0600.

<><>I was sound asleep, woke up suddenly, apparently sensed something wasn't right.  I'm in a 4 bedroom B&B by myself, so there shouldn't be any noise or vibration in the building.  Just after waking with the initial tremor, the whole place began to shake.  I never left the bed but kept a good watch on the ceiling.  Probably not the wisest thing to do but you try waking up out of a sound sleep in your first earthquake and make sensible decisions.  Bill (the B&B guy) later said it was the worst he had felt in his 20 some years here.  No damage but certainly a unique experience.

<><>http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/Seis/recent/sum/quakes/2011209_evid10281084/evid10281084.html

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<><>I've posted a series of pictures of Mt. McKinley taken from the deck off the back of the B&B.  At times it's like an ever changing canvas......the B&B is at around 1,000' altitude.  McKinley is over 20,000'.

Notice the skinny tree in the middle of the picture?  It is pointing at the emerging Mt. McKinley around 8:00 PM last night.

This one is around 11:00 last night.  Still clouds covering the mountain mostly on the West Side.

Closer View

 That is the true color of the sky at 11:00 at night.

Another view at 11:00

This morning after the earthquake.