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Kirk Mercer slows traffic approaching a crack that crossed the Parks Highway on Sunday 10 miles north of Healy. The epicenter of the 7.9 quake was 50 miles east-southeast of Healy and about 80 miles south of Fairbanks. It could be felt throughout Alaska and as far away as Louisiana because it was only three miles deep. (Photo by Jimmy Tohill, via www.adn.com)

( Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation, via AP wire)

Vertical supports that hold the above-ground portions of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline lay broken under it Sunday about 40 miles south of Delta. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. spokesman Mike Heatwole said the pipe was intact after the earthquake. (Photo by The Associated Press, via www.adn.com)

Department of Transportation workers look over the damage between miles 75 and 82 of the Tok Cutoff Highway Monday, near Mentasta, Alaska, caused by an earthquake on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of Interior Alaska cracking highways and roads. ( Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation, via www.adn.com)

Sunday's 7.9 earthquake opened a large crack in the Tok Cutoff Highway near Mentasta. (Photo courtesy Alaska Departmentof Transportation via www.adn.com)

An Alaska Department of Transportation truck sits at the edge of one of then large cracks on the Tok Cutoff Highway, near Mentasta, Alaska, Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, caused by an 7.9 magnitude earthquake (news - web sites) on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska. Bruce Turner of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the quake hit at 1:13 p.m Alaska Standard Time and was centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation)

A large crack caused by an 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska, runs across the Tok Cutoff Highway, near Mantasta, Alaska, Monday, Nov. 4, 2002. Bruce Turner of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the quake hit at 1:13 p.m Alaska Standard Time and was centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation)

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Cooking items, food and other things shaken loose by an earthquake lay scatted around the kitchen of the Mentasta Lodge near Mentasta, Alaska, Sunday Nov. 3, 2002. The road leading to Mentasta was blocked by cracks and boulders caused by the 7.9 earthquake on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska, cracking highways and roads, knocking over fuel tanks and shaking rural homes. (AP Photo/Tanacross Village Council, Adam Martin)

Cooking items, food, and other things shaken loose by an earthquake lay scatted around the Mentasta Lodge near Mentasta, Alaska, Sunday Nov. 3, 2002. The 7.9 earthquake rocked a sparsely populated area of Interior Alaska cracking highways and roads, knocking over fuel tanks and shaking rural homes. (AP Photo/Tanacross Village Council, Adam Martin)

A rescue worker stand by a crack in the Parks Highway near Healy, Alaska caused by a 7.9 earthquake that rocked a sparsely populated area of Interior Alaska Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, cracking highways and roads, knocking over fuel tanks and shaking rural homes. Bruce Turner of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the magnitude 7.9 quake hit at 1:13 p.m., Alaska Standard Time and was centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Jimmy Tohill)

	Kirk Mercer slows traffic approaching a crack that crossed the Parks Highway on Sunday 10 miles north of Healy. The epicenter of the 7.9 quake was 50 miles east-southeast of Healy and about 80 miles south of Fairbanks. It could be felt throughout Alaska and as far away as Louisiana because it was only three miles deep. (Photo by Jimmy Tohill, via www.adn.com)
	( Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation, via AP wire)
	Vertical supports that hold the above-ground portions of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline lay broken under it Sunday about 40 miles south of Delta. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. spokesman Mike Heatwole said the pipe was intact after the earthquake. (Photo by The Associated Press, via www.adn.com)
	Department of Transportation workers look over the damage between miles 75 and 82 of the Tok Cutoff Highway Monday, near Mentasta, Alaska, caused by an earthquake on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of Interior Alaska cracking highways and roads. ( Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation, via www.adn.com)
	Sunday's 7.9 earthquake opened a large crack in the Tok Cutoff Highway near Mentasta. (Photo courtesy Alaska Departmentof Transportation via www.adn.com)
	An Alaska Department of Transportation truck sits at the edge of one of then large cracks on the Tok Cutoff Highway, near Mentasta, Alaska, Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, caused by an 7.9 magnitude earthquake (news - web sites) on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska. Bruce Turner of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the quake hit at 1:13 p.m Alaska Standard Time and was centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation)
	A large crack caused by an 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska, runs across the Tok Cutoff Highway, near Mantasta, Alaska, Monday, Nov. 4, 2002. Bruce Turner of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the quake hit at 1:13 p.m Alaska Standard Time and was centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation)
	Mon Nov 4, 4:50 PM ET Cooking items, food and other things shaken loose by an earthquake lay scatted around the kitchen of the Mentasta Lodge near Mentasta, Alaska, Sunday Nov. 3, 2002. The road leading to Mentasta was blocked by cracks and boulders caused by the 7.9 earthquake on Sunday that rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska, cracking highways and roads, knocking over fuel tanks and shaking rural homes. (AP Photo/Tanacross Village Council, Adam Martin)
	Cooking items, food, and other things shaken loose by an earthquake lay scatted around the Mentasta Lodge near Mentasta, Alaska, Sunday Nov. 3, 2002. The 7.9 earthquake rocked a sparsely populated area of Interior Alaska cracking highways and roads, knocking over fuel tanks and shaking rural homes. (AP Photo/Tanacross Village Council, Adam Martin)
	A rescue worker stand by a crack in the Parks Highway near Healy, Alaska caused by a 7.9 earthquake that rocked a sparsely populated area of Interior Alaska Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, cracking highways and roads, knocking over fuel tanks and shaking rural homes. Bruce Turner of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the magnitude 7.9 quake hit at 1:13 p.m., Alaska Standard Time and was centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Jimmy Tohill)