Alaska hit by powerful earthquake, buildings damagedBy The Manila TimesLOS ANGELES: A powerful earthquake rocked Anchorage on Friday, violently shaking homes and businesses, sending scared residents into the streets and damaging buildings in Alaska’s largest city. Police in the city of around 300,000 said it had caused “major infrastructure damage.”“Many homes and buildings are damaged,” the police department said in a statement. People going back to computers, meetings.”Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski said the authorities were worried about access to power following the quake. In an audio recording posted online, an air traffic controller could be heard telling a FedEx cargo plane to go around — abort its landing — as the quake hit. Alaska was hit by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake in March 1964, the strongest ever recorded in North America.

Source: Manila Times December 01, 2018 03:22 UTC