South Peninsula residents recount 7.1 shaker

Broken wine bottle in Safeway liquor store (Photo By Perry Lynn, Carrs/Safeway Grocery Manager)
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook the state Sunday morning. The quake originated 60 miles west of Homer. Southern peninsula residents say they saw minimal damage.
The tremors started about 1:30 in the morning. Michael West, the State Seismologist for the Alaska Earthquake Center, says the quake’s epicenter was about 75 miles below the earth’s surface.
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