'Scary stuff': Anchorage, Alaska hit by magnitude 7.0 earthquake [photos, video]

What has initially been measured as a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Anchorage, Alaska area today:

MORE: "There is major infrastructure damage across Anchorage," police say https://t.co/eEJySBXcx6 pic.twitter.com/0wy8eHsX4L

— ABC News (@ABC) November 30, 2018

We will be tweeting regularly about the earthquake near Anchorage as information comes in. The automatic location puts it at M6.6, about 10 miles NNW of Anchorage. Again, that is a preliminary, automatic location.

— AK Earthquake Center (@AKearthquake) November 30, 2018

The websites will take a bit to catch up, but for now we're going with a magnitude of 7.0 and a location about 10 miles north of Anchorage. The website is overwhelmed with traffic currently, so watch here for updates.

— AK Earthquake Center (@AKearthquake) November 30, 2018

There were some scary moments during the quake:

Here’s the 7.0 earthquake that hit Alaska today. Scary stuff. pic.twitter.com/OurxEL6nu8

— Caleb Hull ???? (@CalebJHull) November 30, 2018

A few seconds after earthquake at @middlewaycafe @ktva pic.twitter.com/1AYrHHNCIm

— Manny A. Creech (@KTVA_Manny) November 30, 2018

#Anchorage #Alaska Earthquake. Feel free to use/share. (Screen recording of Anchorage Snapchat area). #Earthquake #Tsunami pic.twitter.com/ZTpNt4942O

— Sidney Lynn (@sid_lynnnn) November 30, 2018

#FridayFeeling #Breaking Taken at Service High School in #Anchorage #Alaska this morning. pic.twitter.com/yUOAEJGKoX

— akıncı (@soneerbozkurt) November 30, 2018

Hope everyone is OK. This my wife, son & dogs inside during the #earthquake in Palmer, AK. I felt it in Fairbanks. Just broken stuff at our house. #Wyze pic.twitter.com/LMP7U5FJxR

— Eric Nelius (@AlaskaTugboater) November 30, 2018

Insane footage inside a school during the massive Alaska earthquake. pic.twitter.com/ERePRcImKO

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) November 30, 2018

Video from Anchorage, Alaska. 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck outside of Anchorage. pic.twitter.com/WgXieCxaTH

— Eric Paine (@ericpaine) November 30, 2018

There’s also going to be a lot of infrastructure damage:

KTVA’s newsroom felt the blow of the earthquake this morning. #anchorage #alaska #earthquake #weather pic.twitter.com/d1SaxriGw9

— Cassie Schirm (@cassieschirmtv) November 30, 2018

This is the only highway from Anchorage to Wasilla/Palmer and the rest of north and eas Alaska after this morning's earthquake pic.twitter.com/5gLk7qcRd3

— Gerry Breshears (@gbreshears) November 30, 2018

Photos of damage from my bro-in-law’s store in Anchorage – they’re grateful the damage wasn’t worse! #Alaska #Earthquake #Anchorage #ABC15 pic.twitter.com/OsThtOFFJw

— Dan Spindle (@DanSpindle) November 30, 2018

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— Josh Bierma (@jlennyb) November 30, 2018

Huffman road in gridlock with people seeking higher ground following a tsnunami warning ⚠️ #ktva #alaska pic.twitter.com/Z2cDbEP5Zy

— Megan Mazurek (@MeganMazurek) November 30, 2018

Traffic gridlocked downtown Anchorage after major earthquake. A few people evacuating, many just leaving work for the day. pic.twitter.com/tdEBbg1wc8

— Heather Hintze (@HeatherHintze) November 30, 2018

The Anchorage, Alaska earthquake was powerful enough to be felt in New England. Here’s seismograph from the Weston Observatory in Boston. pic.twitter.com/Tr7n6OnG5P

— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) November 30, 2018

We hope everybody’s safe.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.