WATCH: Massive 7.0 Earthquake Causes Destruction in Alaskan Streets, Newsrooms, Classrooms
Photos and video are starting to appear online after Alaska was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake that stuck just outside of Anchorage.
Citizens around Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula are seeking local shelter – even though tsunami warnings have been turned off – and emergency services are frantically working to assess the damage to bridges, buildings and major highways in the area. Phone lines and local media outlets were impacted by quake, though social media posts are providing a sense for the size and scale of the devastation.
Pictures of destruction caused by 7.0 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska emerging on social media. Damage includes road collapses, cracked buildings, store shelves toppled over. Series of smaller quakes also rocking region in last hour. (Photo courtesy Josh Bierma.) pic.twitter.com/i9ervd3tFh
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) November 30, 2018
NEW: CBS affiliate @ktva in Anchorage, Alaska shows newsroom damage in Facebook Live after powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake https://t.co/j8ZFCM8v8j pic.twitter.com/vU8ckaqFAG
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 30, 2018
"It is just absolutely destruction and mess," @ktva staffer in Anchorage, Alaska says of newsroom after 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes https://t.co/j8ZFCM8v8j pic.twitter.com/puJTFXk9Rj
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) 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
MORE: Newsroom of CBS affiliate @ktva in Anchorage, Alaska suffers significant damage in 7.0-magnitude earthquake; after being knocked off air, local reporters deliver updates via Facebook Live https://t.co/j8ZFCM8v8j pic.twitter.com/0jynmCjRzD
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 30, 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
Footage from Snapchat maps on the earthquake in Anchorage. pic.twitter.com/5TPoHfpT7N
— ThorneSC (@ThorneSC) November 30, 2018
Ceiling is falling down pic.twitter.com/ZPY6fhEPrp
— Chase (@Chase_AK) November 30, 2018
7.0 Earthquake damages highway in Anchorage, Alaska
— Breaking911 (@breaking9111) November 30, 2018
daunting footage of a collapsed road exit in Anchorage, Alaska after today’s earthquake (via Dillon Vought) pic.twitter.com/22BLdX1uIr
— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) November 30, 2018
#earthquake @ktva pic.twitter.com/JWwDzWH674
— Prem (@MrPniroula) November 30, 2018
From family friend in Anchorage: Vine Road between KGB and Parks Highway. #AlaskaEarthquake pic.twitter.com/TuCvwgBT64
— Zach Bruick (@ZachBruick) November 30, 2018
"The bed started shaking and everything was shaking so dramatically," says Blair Braverman describing the earthquake that struck Anchorage, Alaska.
"People were running down the halls and banging on the doors to evacuate." https://t.co/QAIsJmwIct pic.twitter.com/0UiFLPZTtI
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) November 30, 2018
Students took cover in a classroom and products were tossed from shelves in a grocery store as a 7.0 earthquake struck north of Anchorage, Alaska. https://t.co/bLjDvIA0Uf pic.twitter.com/OtNOLjG5Fe
— ABC News (@ABC) November 30, 2018
[Image via Twitter/CBC News Alerts]
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