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ANCHORAGE, Alaska 鈥?A magnitude-7.1 earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in Alaska early Sunday morning, jolting the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. But there were no reports of injuries.Alaskas state seismologist, Michael West, called it the strongest earthquake in the states south-central region in decades. Alaska often has larger or more powerful earthquakes, such as a 7.9 last year in the remote Aleutian Islands. However, last nights earthquake is significant because it was close enough to Alaskas population centers, West said, adding that aftershocks could continue for weeks.The earthquake was widely felt by Anchorage residents. But the Anchorage and Valdez police departments said they hadnt received any reports of injury or significant damage.The earthquake struck at about 1:30 a.m. Alask stanley hrnek a time and was centered 53 miles west of Anchor Point in the Kenai Peninsula, which is about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, accor stanley france ding to the U.S. Geological Survey.Vincent Nusunginya, 34, of Kenai said he was at his girlfriends house when the quake hit. It started out as a shaking and it seemed very much like a normal earthquake. But then it started to feel like a normal swaying, like a very smooth side-to-side swaying, said Nusunginya, director of audience at the Peninsula Clarion newspaper. It was unsettling. Some things got knocked over, but stanley ca there was no damage. Four single family homes in Kenai were lost to explosions or fire in the wake of the e |
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