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15 US Places With More Than One Time Zone
The United States, the third-largest nation in the world by land and water, is divided into six time zones: Hawaii-Aleutian Time, Alaska Time, Pacific Time, Mountain Time, Central Time, and Eastern Time. These time zone boundaries are determined by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Sometimes a state fits neatly into one time zone, but not always. Over the years, the Department of Transportation has split 15 states: Five were split by Mountain and Central time zones; five were divided by Central and Eastern time zones; two were sliced by Pacific and Mountain time zones; and Alaska was cut into Hawaii-Aleutian and Alaska time zones. The rollout of the time zones is a mirror of how the nation has grown. Here is how your state was founded.
coast. you are monitoring this. what can you tell us? as allison said, there could be more damage create and we still don t know the extent of the damage from the original quake just before 8:30 in the morning alaska time and the subsequent aftershocks going up to 5.8. the actual first major earthquake was about five miles northwest of anchorage at a depth of about 25 miles. we have seen on social media, a number of pictures of penta ant lights swinging. people are still assessing them. we heard from the department of transportation. they had reports of damage in anchorage and surrounding areas. they have crews out trying to assess the damage. we heard from the school district and people are advised to pick their kids up and they are assessing the damage to the buildings. we heard from one person who was a witness. it s difficult getting information out. near the tv stations, they were
this was a shocker. an anchorage police chief has said that parts of the scenic highway from alaska towards the mountains and glaciers has disappeared following the earthquake. this might be separate from other roads and arteries, for example, go from anchorage to other points south. the point of the matter is, officials are evaluating the damage to the glenn highway. some are so significant it could take a long time to remare. the images that we got from folks before we got up here make it looks like these are completely untraversable, that you can t get around. this is surprising in that there wasn t more reported serious damage. certainly this is nothing to take lightly. kathy joins us from the university of alaska. kathy what are you noticing there? well, we had quite a shake here with the major portion of the earthquake that came around 8:30 a.m. alaska time.