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At about 8:30 a.m. local time, magnitude 7.0. all day we've been watching video from anchorage, alaska, from surveillance videos or people pulling out their phones. the quake was so big and it went on for so long. the good news is it appears no one was seriously hurt, which is remarkable when you see the kind of damage that was caused in some places. the bad news is it remains an open question how serious and widespread the infrastructure damage has been. some is obvious, but some will be harder to see and harder to fix. alaska senator lisa murkowski today described alaska's challenges we're l...

We do have a lot of earthquakes in alaska, but this magnitude we have seen is really very, very troubling. the early reports are very concerning in terms of damage to infrastructure, the roads, the concern about power being out. it's cold at home right now. it's about 25. there is snow on the ground, and the damage that we are seeing is really quite concerning. >> alaska senator lisa murkowski giving an update after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the city of anchorage and surrounding areas. dramatic photos show damage to roads and buildings and the anchorage police department said there is ...

In communication with the white house. miguel almaguer has the full report. >> reporter: a powerful 7.0 earthquake rattling the region for nearly a minute. it struck close to 8:30 a.m. children taking cover under desks as schools shook across the city. families from anchorage to fairbanks scrambling to safety, security cameras capturing the wave of terror. as it cascaded across the region. >> the whole apartment was shaking so i just rolled over my daughter and put a blanket over us and just, you know, telling her it's okay, mommy got you. >> reporter: with significant damage reported across a...

Anchorage, alaska where it is about 9:30 a.m. local there. there is an earthquake of 7.0. this is a major earthquake. we are getting some of our first pictures of some of the damage that we have seen here. you can see food strewn about in this eating establishment. we have also seen reports and video from the local tv station. you see windows blown out. the glass blown out of these windows. this is major. i want to bring in allison. you have been monitoring this from the moment that we first got word that this happened. we are also looking at pictures hereof a school.

>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> if you're just tuning in to us here at cnn, there's been a 7.0 magnitude earthquake right around the anchorage, alaska area. the seismologist said it's been felt around 400 miles away. we have no reports of injuries, no reports of fatalities but lots of reports of damage in and around the anchorage area. i just talked to one woman who said this was the most violent earthquake she had ever felt. let's go now to the press secretary over at the white house, who just tweeted out the white house's acknowledgement of this earthquake. sarah sanders posting ...