Alaska's largest city, Anchorage, experienced an alarming earthquake on Thursday morning at 9:51 am. The length of time that the earthquake took place in was not reported. However, no severe damage occurred. The citizens of Anchorage were alarmed for quite a bit but no one was severely hurt. The earthquake was strong enough to rattle the walls of buildings and homes, causing various objects to fall from their place. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center has estimated that the earthquake's magnitude was about 6.24 and that an after shock followed at around 10:36 am. People as far as 300 miles away from Anchorage reported feeling the earthquake. The earthquake's depth was estimated to be about 60 miles, making it an intermediate-depth earthquake. In 1964, Alaska experienced an earthquake of 9.2 magnitude that triggered a frightening tsunami. The tsunami reached over 220 feet along the Alaskan coast. Thankfully, the earthquake that Anchorage just recently experienced did not trigger any tsunamis.
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Link: http://www.wunderground.com/news/alaska-earthquake-anchorage-no-tsunami-20140925?
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