Quake rattles Alaska
The week's news at a glance.
Fairbanks, Alaska
A violent earthquake shook remote stretches of Alaska this week, splitting highways with 6-foot-wide cracks and forcing workers to shut down the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Only one minor injury was reported. The quake, centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks, measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, making it the world’s strongest temblor this year. The tremors rippled waters as far away as Louisiana. “One poor guy across the canal from us fell off his sailboat,” said Carol Barcia of Mandeville, La. In Alaska, the earthquake crumpled solid earth into 8-inch waves, said Randy Schmoker of Porcupine Creek. “A charging brown bear I can handle,” he said. “This scared the hell out of me.”
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Why are student loan borrowers falling behind on payments?
Today's Big Question Delinquencies surge as the Trump administration upends the program
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
-
Not there yet: The frustrations of the pocket AI
Feature Apple rushes to roll out its ‘Apple Intelligence’ features but fails to deliver on promises
By The Week US Published
-
George Foreman: The boxing champ who reinvented home grills
Feature He helped define boxing’s golden era
By The Week US Published