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Alaska Earthquake: Anchorage and Southcentral Residents Shook with Magnitude 4.6

May 16, 2012|By Neil Torquiano | Channel 2 News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage and Southcentral residents were shook with a magnitude 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

USGS had a preliminary magnitude 4.7 quake then minutes later at magnitude 4.8 when the quake happened around 7:02 a.m. about 8 miles southwest of Anchorage.

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center listed the quake's depth at 37 miles.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration said a tsnumai will not be generated.

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