The Alaska Earthquake Center is reporting a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Cook Inlet at 1:30 a.m.
REVIEWED: M7.1, 59.6047 -153.3406, 123km deep. That puts it 65 miles W of Homer and about 160 miles SW of Anchorage.
— AK Earthquake Center (@AKearthquake) January 24, 2016
The National Weather Service’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a statement saying no action is required for tsunami risk: “BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA … THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT BECAUSE THE EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED TOO DEEP INSIDE THE EARTH.”
Anecdotal damage reports are circulating on social media of intense shaking and scattered power outages.
Carrs on Boniface (as posted on a friend’s Facebook page). #earthquake #AKquake pic.twitter.com/iZHPIV99yZ
— lconley (@conlelo) January 24, 2016
LOTS of rockn & rolln in #Anchorage 7.1 #earthquake at 0130 local this morning. We’re fine. #AKquake. https://t.co/z5ah6juS5a
— Jonathan Knowles (@jonathanknowles) January 24, 2016
AFD Dispatch is very busy with reports of gas odors, alarm systems sounding, broken water lines, etc. Isolated reports…
Posted by The Anchorage Fire Department on Sunday, January 24, 2016
The 7.1m earthquake at 1:30 am caused several outages including our entire Douglass substation in Willow and Hospital…
Posted by Matanuska Electric Association on Sunday, January 24, 2016
As of 2:47 a.m. Alaska time, the U.S Geological Survey had recorded more than 1,800 reports about the earthquake from across 52 ZIP codes.
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This is a developing story, check back for updates.