Earthquake in Alaska

[ETSanJose]

Where was the ship when the earthquake occurred?  Was there any announcement about it on the ship?

[Bill Miller]

I wondered about this as well. Did the ship experience the ocean heave? Fortunately, I haven't heard any bad news coming out of the area regarding shipping.

[Essiesmom]

Unless the ship was in port, they wouldn’t notice a thing.  EM

[Bill Miller]

Thank You Essie, I'm new to all this nautical stuff. It seems natural that the ocean might heave up, but if your asleep in your cabin, how would one know? 

[chengkp75]

1 hour ago, Bill Miller said:

Thank You Essie, I'm new to all this nautical stuff. It seems natural that the ocean might heave up, but if your asleep in your cabin, how would one know? 

No, the ocean won't heave up, just like a tsunami in the open ocean is hardly felt.  Water, being liquid, will dissipate any motion from an earthquake in a lateral motion.  It is when the lateral movement of the water reaches shallow areas that waves build, and you get a tsunami.  I was onboard the Pride of Aloha in Honolulu when the earthquake (6.6) hit just north of the Big Island.  The tremors tripped all the power stations on Oahu, but the ship only felt a small "wiggle", about like a tug boat had butted into the ship a little hard.