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>> it is. there are strong seismic requirements in place. this is an area that has a lot of earthquakes. they have about 40,000 earthquakes. that's more than every other state in the country combined. this is an area that's used to these massive earthquakes. the largest was a 9.2 in the 1960s. that was reported out of anchorage area. it sees tremors and seismic activity. not this size. 7.0 is massive. this is a scary situation. >> residents in fairbanks which is 350 miles away say they felt some of the shaking over there.

California, seismologist lucy jones. lucy, first of all, for people in alaska, what should people there expect in the immediate aftermath? >> aftershocks. that is magnitude 7.0 so we expect the largest aftershock to be close to magnitude 6 and in fact larger than that. they had a 5.8 and should expect to feel things. for the people relatively near to the earthquake, right? so fairbanks may have felt it and then the shaking's pretty extreme. it's intensity eight. that's a description of shaking level. the shaking here is basely like what would have been experienced in 1989 in the loma earthquak...

Earthquake you want to get to as high as ground as possible. don't wait for anybody else. >> hang on with us for a second. this was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that happened at 8:30 a.m. local time just seven miles tor to the north of anchorage, alaska. there's no sue tsunami warning effect for alaska. this was a big earthquake. 7.0 is classified as major on the richter scale. it was felt as far as 350 miles away in fairbanks, alaska. come roads have collapsed. buildings have experienced some damage. lights down, desks turned over.

First things they did in the bureau is send me to you. one of the things you taught me is preparation, pep rakes, preparation, preparation. talking to a local radio reporter, his analysis seems to be because they are prone to earthquakes, there, most people have experienced them, that paying attention to those warnings from people like you probably made things better than they might otherwise have been. but give us a sense of how big a 7.0 is and what you know about xa exactly happened. >> reporter: okay. so a 7.0 is several times more energy released than the 6.7 we had in '94 in northridge h...

>> the mayor said there's been no reports of injuries. there's been damage reports across town. we are looking at some of them now. it looks like the majority of the damage that we can see so far from the photos is that things were knocked off shelves or lights have fallen from the ceiling. i think one ap reporter saw a crack in a structure. we haven't heard of any bil buildings that have collapsed. the mayor said the fires are under control. it was a really big earthquake. 7.0 is major on the richter scale. not just strong but major. if this is the extent of it, you guys got away lucky. >> we...