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At a Glance A major earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday morning.

The 7 magnitude tremblor heavily damaged roads and left some structural damage.

No deaths have been reported as a result of the quake.

More than 500 aftershocks continued to rattle residents Saturday in Anchorage, Alaska, a day after a powerful earthquake rocked the region, damaging roads and buildings.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7 magnitude tremor struck about 10 miles north of Anchorage at 8:29 a.m. local time (12:29 p.m. EST) Friday morning. A 5.8 magnitude aftershock struck minutes later.

"It was anarchy," Brandon Slaton, who just moved to Kenai from Arizona, told the Associated Press. "There's no pictures left on the walls, there's no power, there's no fish tank left. Everything that's not tied down is broke."

Geophysicist Paul Caruso told the Associated Press 11 aftershocks have had magnitudes of 4.5 or greater, including a 5.7 magnitude aftershock.

State seismologist Mike West said the quake was the “most significant ” to strike Anchorage since the 1964 Good Friday tremblor, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

The Alaska Department of Transportation began inspecting bridges damaged by the earthquake. Officials noted 40 sites in the area with some type of damage. Eight of those are considered major.

Social media images and videos posted after the quake showed cracked and collapsed roads, as well as cracks in the walls of buildings.

"We just hung onto each other. You couldn't even stand," Sheila Bailey, who was working at a high school cafeteria in Palmer, about 45 miles from Anchorage, when the quake hit, told the Associated Press. "It sounded and felt like the school was breaking apart."

At least one serious injury was reported in the town of Houston, Alaska, about 28 miles north of Anchorage. The Anchorage Daily News reported that a homeowner suffered serious burns while fighting a fire caused by the earthquake. Hospitals in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough said they were treating lacerations and broken bones.

"There is major infrastructure damage across Anchorage ," the Anchorage Police Department said in a release. "Many homes and buildings are damaged. Many roads and bridges are closed."

"We just hung onto each other. You couldn't even stand," Sheila Bailey, who was working at a high school cafeteria in Palmer when the quake struck, told AP. "It sounded and felt like the school was breaking apart."

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"At Anchorage Daily News in Midtown, it sent cracks up walls, damaged ceiling panels and flung items off desks and walls, including a computer monitor and a fire extinguisher ," said the newspaper in its report.

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Local news station KTUU-TV broadcast live on Facebook with updates after they were knocked off the air by the earthquake. The quake cut power to thousands in and around Anchorage in the hours that followed.

At Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, all flights were halted for several hours and the airport tower was evacuated, according to the AP. Some flights were diverted to Kodiak during the closure, the report added.

Anchorage Daily News reported that portions of the Glenn Highway were closed after a sinkhole opened alongside the roadway. Eagle River Bridge over the highway was also closed. The Seward Highway also closed for several hours because of a rockslide.

North of downtown Anchorage, damage was reported at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, and access was limited during the damage survey , Stars and Stripes said.

The Anchorage School District sent an alert saying all children were safe and told parents to pick up their children when able , the Anchorage Daily News also reported.

Jonathan Lettow was still waiting with his 5-year-old daughter and other children for a school bus near their home in Wasilla when the quake struck. The children got on the ground while Lettow tried to keep them calm.

"It's one of those things where in your head, you think, 'OK, it's going to stop,' and you say that to yourself so many times in your head that finally you think, 'OK, maybe this isn't going to stop,'" he told AP.

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David Harper was getting some coffee at a store when the low rumble began and intensified into something that sounded "like the building was just going to fall apart." He ran for the exit with other patrons.

"People who were outside were actively hugging each other," he said. "You could tell that it was a bad one."

The Alaska Railroad suspended all operations amid “severe” damage at their Anchorage Operations Center and unknown track conditions throughout the state. External Affairs Manager Tim Sullivan told AP the operations center lost power and experienced flooding. He said no reports of track damage had yet been reported, but it will take a day or two for staff to fully assess conditions.

The operators of the 800-mile long trans-Alaska pipeline said they shut the system down as a precaution following the earthquake in Southcentral Alaska. Michelle Egan, a spokeswoman with Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, said there is no known damage to the pipeline, but it won't be reopened until after a physical inspection.

Residents in Fairbanks, more than 350 miles from the epicenter, said they felt the shaking.

Gov. Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration in the wake of the tremor. Anchorage is home to nearly 300,000 people.

Information from the Associated Press was included in this report.