Many Alaskans will never forget where they were at 1:12 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2002. That’s when a magnitude 7.9 earthquake, one of the most powerful recorded on U.S. land, shook south-central Alaska. Shelves fell, cars bounced, people tumbled off their feet, trees split open.
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