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The state's former governor, Sarah Palin, tweeted that her family's home sustained damage.

She posted a message that started with the prayer hands emoji, and went on to write \"Our family is intact - house is not... I imagine that’s the case for many, many others. So thankful to be safe; praying for our state following the earthquake.\"

???? for Alaska. Our family is intact - house is not... I imagine that’s the case for many, many others. So thankful to be safe; praying for our state following the earthquake.

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) November 30, 2018

And President Donald Trump tweeted his support

To the Great people of Alaska. You have been hit hard by a “big one.” Please follow the directions of the highly trained professionals who are there to help you. Your Federal Government will spare no expense. God Bless you ALL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2018

Melody Blankenship, the business director at ABC affiliate KYUR, said that there was \"this sudden shaking then all of a sudden this really loud roaring noise.\"

\"It got to the point where we got into the doorway and it just didn't stop,\" Blankenship said.

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PHOTO: In this courtesy image books and ceiling tiles litter the floor at the The Mat-Su College library in Anchorage, Ala., Nov. 30, 2018.
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She said that they felt an aftershock \"not even five minutes later.\" She said that Friday's earthquake was \"the strongest\" she's felt in the past 35 years that she has lived in Alaska.

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PHOTO: Merchandise that fell off the shelves during an earthquake is pictured at a store in Anchorage, Ala., Nov. 30, 2018.
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Dr. Lucy Jones, the founder of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society and a former scientist at the USGS, told ABC News that \"it's a quite significant earthquake.\"

She said that the quake in Alaska was about the same size as the 1989 World Series earthquake in San Francisco, which caused landslides and widespread damage, and those in Alaska \"would have felt the same sort of shaking.\"

One Twitter user posted a video from a local grocery store showing how shelved food was thrown onto the floor.

Pipes broken pic.twitter.com/a60pf39JyH

— Chase (@Chase_AK) November 30, 2018

A student in Alaska posted a video on Twitter showing the lights in her art classroom shaking, and cupboards appear to have been opened due to the shocks.

\"Earthquake just happened right now i ’m actually shaking,\" the student, Alyson Petrie, wrote.

Earthquake just happened right now i ’m actually shaking pic.twitter.com/PoZGOlJGWS

— Alyson Petrie (@AlysonPetrie7) November 30, 2018

The Anchorage School District posted a message to parents on their Twitter account.

\"We hope that everyone is safe after the earthquake. We are assessing building safety and damages now. We will update the community as new information comes in. In the meantime, parents and guardians, when you feel it is safe to do so, please pick your children up from school,\" the school district wrote.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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