Strong 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Alaska
- 8 years ago
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Alaska early Sunday, causing significant road damage, authorities said.
There were no reports of injuries after the earthquake jolted Anchorage area residents awake at 1:30 a.m. local time, the Anchorage Police Department said in a statement.
The earthquake was centered 53 miles west of Anchor Point in the Kenai Peninsula, which is about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to the Associated Press .
"It started out as a shaking and it seemed very much like a normal earthquake.
But then it started to feel like a normal swaying, like a very smooth side-to-side swaying," Vincent Nusunginya, 34, of Kenai told the AP.
There were no reports of injuries after the earthquake jolted Anchorage area residents awake at 1:30 a.m. local time, the Anchorage Police Department said in a statement.
The earthquake was centered 53 miles west of Anchor Point in the Kenai Peninsula, which is about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to the Associated Press .
"It started out as a shaking and it seemed very much like a normal earthquake.
But then it started to feel like a normal swaying, like a very smooth side-to-side swaying," Vincent Nusunginya, 34, of Kenai told the AP.