Yesterday, around 11:27am, an earthquake struck Alaska with a magnitude of 5.4 but no damages has been reported. The epicenter of the Alaska Earthquake was about 60 miles northwest of Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. The city’s officials has it that Alaska experiences one or two earthquakes per year.

Anyway, aftershocks are still being reported hitting Anchorage at around 4.1 in magnitude. According to the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, there is no chance that a tsunami will hit the Alaskan coast.

Posted June 23rd, 2009 under News. Tags: alaska earthquake activity, alaska earthquake information center, alaska earthquakes, alaska tsunami warning center, alaska volcano observatory. RSS 2.0 feed Leave a response, or trackback.