Alaska shaken by 194 earthquakes in 2 days

People walk along Vine Road after an earthquake, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Wasilla, Alaska.
(Image credit: Jonathan M. Lettow/The Associated Press)

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that caused serious infrastructure damage in and around Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday has been attended by at least 193 other quakes in the state over the course of two days, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Saturday.

Though tremors are common in Alaska, Friday's major quake was unusual. "It was very loud when it came," said Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. "It was very clear that this was something bigger than what we normally experience."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.