A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska, which led to explosions due to gas leak in four houses, but there were no reported deaths or injuries.
Many Alaskans woke up in the middle of the night at 1:30 am local time on Sunday, about 162 miles from Anchorage in Kenai Peninsula in southern part of the state.
About 20 people were evacuated from their homes, and two homes exploded of gas leak several hours after the earthquake, while the other two were destroyed by fire, according to the The Sacramento Bee.
The evacuated people took shelter at the National Guard Armory in Kenai after the earthquake which swung buildings, caused power outages in at least 10,000 homes, and threw items off the shelves at supermarkets.
The earthquake was also felt in Anchorage.
Vincent Nusunginya, 34, of Kenai said he was at his girlfriend's house when the quake hit.
"It started out as a shaking and it seemed very much like a normal earthquake. But then it started to feel like a normal swaying, like a very smooth side-to-side swaying. It was unsettling. Some things got knocked over, but there was no damage," said a resident of Kenai, Vincent Nusunginya.
Andrea Conter, from Anchorage, said the quake was powerful as it lasted several seconds at a stretch.
"This was a wild one," Conter said. "I looked at the closed-circuit cameras at work and it lasted over 50 seconds and that is considerable for an earthquake."
Many people uploaded their photos on social media including Facebook, and on Twitter with the hashtag #akquake, showing the effect of the earthquake.
#AKQuake from Rich Knowles at a liquor store. What a mess! pic.twitter.com/GtXEYU3ctJ
"” Shannyn Moore (@shannynmoore) September 25, 2014
