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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jan 21, 2019, 09:10 AM Jan 2019

Anxiety in Alaska as endless aftershocks rattle residents

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seven weeks after a massive earthquake rocked Alaska, aftershocks are still shattering 7-year-old Connor Cartwright's sense of safety.

They shake the earth far less than the 7.0 magnitude quake that sent a mirror, TV and dishes crashing to the ground in the Anchorage home where Connor lives with his mother, father and 11-year-old brother.

But the seemingly never-ending aftershocks deepen quake anxiety for the second-grader and many other Alaska residents in the wide swath of the state shaken by the Nov. 30 quake.

When the big aftershocks hit, Connor fears his home will collapse.

Read more: http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/anxiety-in-alaska-as-endless-aftershocks-rattle-residents/article_37a2197a-ac76-5cf4-ac8b-f1d42a9f1018.html

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Anxiety in Alaska as endless aftershocks rattle residents (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2019 OP
My sound crass but... 2naSalit Jan 2019 #1

2naSalit

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1. My sound crass but...
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 09:45 AM
Jan 2019

Yes, him and nearly every other person who lives in and around earthquake prone areas. It's stressful for many, even at the subconscious level for those who aren't surprised by them every time.

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