A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Alaska early Friday, shutting the state’s most important oil pipeline and curbing operations at Anchorage’s airport. The temblor struck 8 miles north of Anchorage. The 800-mile Trans Alaska pipeline that carries crude from the Arctic coast to the marine terminal in Valdez was shut as a precaution, Michelle Egan, spokeswoman for Alyeska, said by phone. Egan said she wasn’t aware of any damage to the line, which transported 530,000 barrels on Thursday and has the capacity to move 2 million barrels a day. There isn’t yet a timeline on restart, she said. Alaska Air Group Inc. said it temporarily suspended operations at the Anchorage airport following the quake. “We understand there’s considerable damage being reported” at the airport, the company said in a statement. There was one oil tanker at the Anchorage port, the Pacific Beryl, which was delivering jet fuel from […]