4.4 Quake Gives Southern Alaska Early Wake-Up Call
United Press International
PALMER, Alaska — A moderate earthquake shook southern Alaska about 40 miles north of Anchorage Friday, waking up residents but causing no major damage, officials said.
A spokesman for the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer said the 12:52 a.m. quake registered 4.4 on the open-ended Richter scale.
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