The quake was centered about seven miles (11kms.) North of Anchorage, the largest city in the state, US Geological Survey (UGS) said. After shocks has been recorded after the intensity that causing people to run out from buildings.
A tsunami warning was issued but later cancelled for the Cook Inlet and Southern Kenai Peninsula regions. Videos and photos are making rounds on social media showing the chaotic scenes, including students hiding under desks while sending text messages, grocery products tumbling from shelves and hospital workers scrambling for their safety.
Below are the photographs and videos shared on Twitter media:
About a mile from my house on Vine rd between KGB and Parks. #Alaskaearthquake #earthquake #alaska pic.twitter.com/5HnpXKGZUw— David Ruffini (@SvrTroposphere) November 30, 2018
#AnchorageEarthquake my truck dancing to the earthquake this morning. #Anchorage #earthquake pic.twitter.com/nhytgpNf1m— Mike (@VactusSerakai) November 30, 2018
Our post earthquake Alaska libraries. #Alaskaearthquake #earthquake #anchorage @anchlibrary pic.twitter.com/MhtPpVW9PA— Elizabeth Queen of the North(ern Youth Services) (@lizinthelibrary) November 30, 2018
Lol snuck back in #earthquake pic.twitter.com/URtxNJ22ZA— anna (@annamkrsnak) November 30, 2018
WOW!!! Aerial view of the #earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska yesterday evening photo: Marc Lester #anchoragequake #AnchorageAlaska pic.twitter.com/C3RyODRtTc— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) December 1, 2018
We sleeping when there was happening in anchorage Alaska #earthquake #alaska pic.twitter.com/L4SZOUPBYy— Thomas/Colo (@razer4356) December 1, 2018
This is what happened on the 6th floor of the Nesbett Courthouse during the Anchorage #earthquake. Both attorneys jumped under their desks. Evacuated the building after the shaking stopped. pic.twitter.com/dqHGPCv6XO— Heather Hintze (@HeatherHintze) November 30, 2018
KTVA’s newsroom felt the blow of the earthquake this morning. #anchorage #alaska #earthquake #weather pic.twitter.com/d1SaxriGw9— Cassie Schirm (@cassieschirmtv) November 30, 2018
— Cady (@CadyCarrot) November 30, 2018
@CNN @MSNBC pictures from Alaska. #earthquake #Alaskaearthquake #AlaskaHighway pic.twitter.com/SQDh2e77vz— AGalaxys (@Agalsky) November 30, 2018
— Davide (@ricci_davide77) November 30, 2018
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