A 5.0 magnitude earthquake on Cook Inlet’s western shores, briefly rattled southcentral Alaska at 10:45 am on Wednesday morning. The quake, just over 42 miles west of Port Alsworth, 70 miles northeast of Iliamna, and 127 miles east-northeast of Anchorage, originated at a depth of 87.6 miles. No immediate injuries or damage have been reported. […]
Over two million homes in the Tokyo region were left without power. A series of earthquakes off the coast of Japan on Wednesday triggered a tsunami advisory for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures—just over 11 years after the region endured a major nuclear disaster. The first two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 6.4 and 7.3, struck within two minutes […]
At 10:59 am on Saturday morning, a 5.1 magnitude quake struck the Cook Inlet region of Southcentral Alaska. The shaker was located 26 miles to the west of Nikiski on the western shores of the inlet.\The earthquake was generated at a depth of 54.9 miles and was felt throughout the southcentral region. While the jolt […]
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook the southern Kenai Peninsula at 6:55 pm on Sunday evening. The quake was felt along the shores of southern Cook Inlet and parts of southwest Kenai Peninsula. The small shaker occurred at a depth of 53 miles. It was located 35 miles northwest of Homer. No damage was reported and […]