I woke up a few minutes before 3 a.m. last night and my hotel room in Juneau was bumping around.  In my grogginess, it took a few seconds to realize it was an earthquake.  First one I’ve ever experienced.  Couldn’t have been much longer than 30 seconds in duration.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000rx5i#summary

It was a 5.9 about one hundred miles to my west, which places it along the main fault between the North American & Pacific Plates.  This is a transform plate boundary, same as exists in California.  The ocean floor is moving north relative to North America in southeast Alaska.

Nothing’s damaged or broken except the internet.  The work phone is getting through, but barely.  I can’t even send a text on my own phone right now.  But I’m probably a few millimeters closer to western California now! 😉