The first quake I ever felt was in 1949. I think the epicenter that time was the Seattle area. During the 1960s the Pacific Northwest quite frequently shook a bit. I remember one evening when I was dressing for a date. Standing in front of the mirror doing my hair of a sudden I thought I was becoming ill. Took me a moment to realize that it was the mirror moving, not me.

They say that in Juneau we get on average a couple of tremors a day, but they are rarely strong enough to be felt. We've had mostly closed-door rattlers. So far as I know, all of them have originated approximately 100 miles farther north.

Even the big 1964 quake in the Anchorage area was not a big deal here. Anchorage is, by water, approximately 550 miles from here.