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Alaska earthquake: Photos show damage to roads, businesses in and around Anchorage

Saturday, December 1, 2018

In this photo provided by Jonathan M. Lettow, people walk along Vine Road after an earthquake, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Wasilla, Alaska.

In this photo provided by Jonathan M. Lettow, people walk along Vine Road after an earthquake, Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2018, in Wasilla, Alaska.

Aisoli Lealasola prepares to clean up fallen cases of beer in a cooler at a liquor store, Value Liquor, after an earthquake on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Adriel Matavo, left, and Aisoli Lealasola work in a walk-in cooler to clean up fallen cases of beer at a liquor store, Value Liquor, after an earthquake on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

Cases of beer lie jumbled in a walk-in cooler at a liquor store, Value Liquor, after an earthquake on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Dennis Keeling, of Instant Services, measures for a broken window at an auto parts store following an earthquake Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Workers inspect an off-ramp that collapsed during a morning earthquake, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Energy Services North employees prepare to replace a fallen street light in Anchorage, one of the effects of the morning's earthquake which caused damage to the local area.

Tristan Covina helps clean up broken glass in the offices of Institute Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska following the morning's earthquake which caused damage to the local area.

Dennis Keeling of Instant Services measures to replace broken glass at an auto parts store in Anchorage following the morning's earthquake which caused damage to the local area.

A tow truck holds a car that was pulled from on an off-ramp that collapsed during a morning earthquake on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska.

The interior of the police headquarters building in Anchorage, Alaska, is littered with debris following an earthquake Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2018.

A customer at Anchorage True Value hardware store shops in the partially cleaned-up paint aisle after an earthquake Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Items from two shelves that came unbolted from a wall are strewn across the floor of the stockroom of Anchorage True Value Hardware following an earthquake Friday morning.

Cans of paint and other items litter the stockroom floor of Anchorage True Value Hardware after a morning earthquake on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska.

People stand outside the police headquarters building in Anchorage, Alaska, is littered with debris and closed following an earthquake early Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

A tow truck driver assesses a car stuck on a section of an off-ramp that collapsed during an earthquake Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska.

A car is trapped on a collapsed section of the offramp in Anchorage, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

Staffers begin the cleanup process after an earthquake caused damage at the Alaska Institute of Oriental Medicine in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

Dennis Keeling measures for a broken window at an auto parts store in Anchorage, on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

A car is trapped on a collapsed section of the offramp off of Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

A car is trapped on a collapsed section of the offramp of Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

This photo provided by David Harper shows merchandise that fell off the shelves during an earthquake at a store in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

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Alaska earthquake: Photos show damage to roads, businesses in and around AnchorageIn this photo provided by Jonathan M. Lettow, people walk along Vine Road after an earthquake, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Wasilla, Alaska.

Jonathan M. Lettow via AP

ANCHORAGE -- Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 rocked buildings and shattered roads Friday morning in Anchorage, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a warning to residents in Kodiak to flee to higher ground for fear of a tsunami.

The tsunami warning was lifted without incident a short time later. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or serious injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the first and more powerful quake was centered about 7 miles (12 kilometers) north of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, with a population of about 300,000. People ran from their offices or took cover under desks.

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