News of the Alaska earthquake has scared many throughout the country, but reports indicate that the quake, which hit parts of the south of the huge state, didn't leave very great damage behind it.
USA Today reports that the Alaska earthquake was a deep one, hitting at 9:51 a.m. Alaska Time (which is 1:51 Eastern Time) and shaking for 10 seconds (although it lingered on for about a full minute, as authorities on the subject said). According to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center, the quake was centered in the Cook Inlet region, which is 60 miles northwest of Willow and 81 miles northwest of Anchorage. However, it was also felt in the distant towns of Fairbanks (which is around 235 miles away) and even down to Kodiak, Valdez and Sewart, all of which are over 300 miles away from the quake's epicenter of Fairbanks.
However, there seems to be no instant reported damage as of now, and there have also been no tsunami alerts.
In downtown Anchorage, the Alaska earthquake made its presence quite known, shaking residents into leaving their homes and offices and even interrupting a news conference, where United States Senate candidate Dan Sullivan was receiving formal support from the Chamber of Commerce; this was happening at the time of the Alaska earthquake at the Beacon Occupational Health and Safety Services office in Anchorage.
Canada's state sponsored news corporation CBC (which stands for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), reported that Sara Meyer, a technician from the Alaska Earthquake Information Center, stated that the quake "was about 15 seconds of long-period shaking, sort of like you're on a boat."
After citizens left buildings during the quake, some of them weren't allowed back into their offices until 20 minutes had passed, in the case there was a second wave.
Alaska is actually the most seismically active state in the U.S.
