Anchorage shaken after 5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Alaska
US city rattled by 5.4-magnitude earthquake
- A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Alaska on Thursday morning.
- The tremor occurred just after 9:30 a.m. local time, approximately 110 miles south of Anchorage in a remote coastal area.
- Seismologists with the U.S. Geological Survey reported the earthquake was about 14 miles deep.
- Residents in Anchorage, Alaska's most populous city, reported feeling shaking.
- There were no initial reports of damage, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed no risk of a tsunami.