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Alaska quake rattles 1000 miles with minor damage
A powerful Alaska tremor struck at 1:18 a.m. local time, felt across a 1000 mile area from Anchorage to Homer. No casualties were reported, but walls cracked and windows shattered in Anchorage Seward Valdez and Homer while aftershocks followed for several minutes. Seismologists estimated magnitude near eight on a twelve point scale.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Seward
Valdez
Homer
Fairbanks
Jiomer
Cordova
Kadinkk
Wakutat
Weather Bureau
University of Washington
Seattle