Major earthquake hits south Alaska, tremors felt in Anchorage

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(Reuters) - A major earthquake hit southern Alaska early on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, setting off tremors felt more than 170 miles (280 km) away in the state's biggest city Anchorage.
Twitter users reported feeling shaking, but there were no immediate reports of casualties in the region. "Long and pretty strong earthquake and power out in West Anchorage," wrote David Hulen.
The magnitude 7.3 quake struck 30 miles east-southeast of Pedro Bay, on the shore of Iliamna Lake, the USGS added. It was recorded at a depth of 124.8 km at 1030 GMT (0530 ET).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was not anticipating a destructive tsunami and that there was no threat to Hawaii from the quake.
(Writing by Andrew Heavens; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

[mick silver]

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We live in Anchor Point Alaska, I was up studying the Bible LOL, couldnt walk, stuff flying all over, wife got shook out of bed...Wahoo this was a bigee!!! Hope everyone is OK. My son in Fairbanks got woke up and he's like 600 miles away!
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Chocolate Scientist 4 minutes ago 1
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If there were any Obama blacks in Alaska, they'd be looting and pillaging by now. All it takes is a single disaster and the thin veneer of sentience is shut off for those thugs.
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mitchell 20 minutes ago 3
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Mother Nature was #$%$ yesterday around the States. She is probably mad at all the limp wrist Liberals.
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JUDGE DREDD 36 minutes ago 0
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Whoa that was a pretty good one right there, had stuff flyin around the place heh heh.
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don w 5 minutes ago 0
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Thank god for the generator
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Jesse 7 minutes ago 1
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Palin caused it!

Bulls Eye!
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brad 1 minute ago 0
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Yep felt it in Fairbanks....
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[mick silver]

(Reuters) - A major earthquake hit southern Alaska early on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, setting off tremors felt more than 170 miles (280 km) away in the state's biggest city Anchorage.
Twitter users reported feeling shaking, but there were no immediate reports of casualties in the region. "Long and pretty strong earthquake and power out in West Anchorage," wrote David Hulen.
The magnitude 7.3 quake struck 30 miles east-southeast of Pedro Bay, on the shore of Iliamna Lake, the USGS added. It was recorded at a depth of 124.8 km at 1030 GMT (0530 ET).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was not anticipating a destructive tsunami and that there was no threat to Hawaii from the quake.
(Writing by Andrew Heavens; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

[mick silver]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit southern Alaska early Sunday morning, awakening residents and shaking buildings in this earthquake-prone region.

The earthquake struck about 1:30 a.m. Alaska time and was centered 53 miles east of Anchor Point and 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In its initial report, the agency had classified the earthquake as a magnitude-7.1 event.
The earthquake was widely felt by residents of Anchorage, and there are reports of scattered power outages from the Matanuska Electric Association and Chugach Electric in the Anchorage area. But the Anchorage and Valdez police departments say they have not received any reports of injury or significant damage.
Anchorage resident Ron Barta says his house shook about 1:34 a.m. when the earthquake hit. Barta, 55, says the pictures on the walls started moving, but there was no damage to his house and no one was hurt.
"I was sitting here with the dogs getting ready to go to bed about 1:34 local time. ... I felt a little rumble that didn't quit for about 30 to 45 seconds. It felt like the house moved," said Barta, who is married to an Associated Press reporter.
The violent shaking woke up Associated Press reporter Mark Thiessen, who had been asleep for about two hours when then quake struck.
"I remember the bed swaying back and forth, and loud noises, enough to wake me up even after taking sleeping pills," said Thiessen, 53. "My husband came into the bedroom forcefully saying, 'Get up! Get up!' " he said. "But I was already awake, trying to figure out what was happening."
Barta, who has lived in Anchorage for about 10 years, says Alaskans on social media say the earthquake woke them up.
People were saying on social media that the earthquake "was the biggest I ever felt as long as I have lived here," Barta said.
One Twitter user wrote: "Everyone in Anchorage is awake and on Twitter right? Biggest longest #earthquake of my entire life. Family is all hanging in our bed now."
A tsunami is not expected as a result of the earthquake, the National Weather Service said.