Anchorage earthquake was a big one, but it could have been much worse. California should take warning
LOS ANGELES _Building cracked. Roads collapsed. People were injured by falling debris.
But for all the ferocity of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Anchorage area Friday, it did not cause the catastrophic damage or loss of life that have occurred from even smaller quakes around the world, including California.
Friday's Alaska quake was larger in magnitude than the 1989 Loma Prieta quake and the 1994 Northridge quake, each of which killed more than 50 people and caused billions of
