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Why a powerful Alaska earthquake cracked roads but should cause few fatalities Just before 8:30 a.m. local time on November 30, a magnitude 7 earthquake rattled southern Alaska. The waves rumbled from an epicenter just eight miles north of Anchorage, the state’s most populated city—downing power lines, collapsing roads, and sending people fleeing for cover. […]