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Back-to-back earthquakes shatter roads and windows in Alaska
No deaths, injuries reported yet
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A car is trapped on a collapsed section of the offramp of Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Friday. Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.8 rocked buildings and buckled roads Friday morning in Anchorage, prompting people to run from their offices or seek shelter under office desks, while a tsunami warning had some seeking higher ground. - photo by Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday 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.
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