Western Alaska villages barely affected by 7.1 quake
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck in Cook Inlet early Sunday morning, the largest ever recorded in Cook Inlet. (Photo by United Geological Survey)
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake that caused gas leaks and power outages across Southcentral Alaska early Sunday was barely felt in villages closest to its epicenter east of Lake Iliamna in Cook Inlet.
Karla Jensen was asleep in her second story bedroom in Pedro Bay, about 30 miles west of the epicenter, when her cat jumped into the bed and woke her up, see
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