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Tsunami warning. >> harris: what can you tell me about the structural building codes and things in that part of the country? if you're already hearing about these cracks and you're not all impressed with a 7.0 because of where this happened, talk to me about how prepared structures are. if >> anchorage and alaska in general is a size of the active region and they do get lots of large earthquakes. the structures and that region are fairly well prepared to weathering earthquake. >> harris: and the people themselves, diving under things, hearing one report that we can share with viewers. we are a...

Shep. >> shepard: trace, thanks. that earthquake hit at 8:30 local time. days are short in anchorages so sunrise was at 9:45. the sun will set before 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. they'll have less than six hours of light. i say this because they want to get all that they can get done before the sun goes down in the way of cleanup and making shove that everybody is okay. let's go to senator lisa murkowski of last last that is good enough to join us from capitol hill. what are you hearing from home, senator? >> it's a very serious, serious mess in alaska. it's a tragedy. as you know, 7.0 on the ric...

This was triggered immediately after the 7.0 earthquake hit just a few miles north of anchorage, alaska. >> this was an interesting one. it was a very large earthquake. it's not an area we typically have to worry about for a tsunami. we typically are looking into the zone that would be maybe 100kilometers or two off shore. this occurred inland in the cook inlet, but because of the size, 7.0, that's a big earthquake, that creates a lot of shaking within the inland water ways. the big concern for us is, does that shaking result in any land slides that might be falling into those water ways that ...

Podium. >> everyone is seeking the update, the assessment and i think we all need to recognize that this is still just mere six hours after a 7.0 earthquake in the heart of alaska's population center. the impact is very real. the impact is very hard. and it will require apparently a great deal of recovery and effort. alaskans are resilient. we have a bad reputation for having more earthquakes in our state than any part of the country. that doesn't mean when you get hit by a big one, it doesn't have substantial and devastating impact. again, that's what is being assessed right now. in the near ...

Buckled roads and people having to jump under objects, this went on long enough to make those types of decisions. >> that is definitely a typical pattern of shaking and damage with the earthquake of the size. >> harris: how does this compare in terms of what's happening with the water? they didn't send out a widespread tsunami warning according to our reporter dan springer, it just hit cookson late. telling people to head to higher ground because of the synonymy threat with the earthquake. >> for magnitude 7.0, this is fairly typical as well. you generally don't see very huge tsunamis but you ...