Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Strikes Remote Southcentral Alaska, No Tsunami Threat Issued
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in a remote area of Southcentral Alaska on Friday evening, as reported by the Alaska Earthquake Center. The earthquake struck at 8:50 p.m. AKDT, with its epicenter located approximately 43 miles northwest of Skwentna and 107 miles northwest of Anchorage, at a depth of 6.2 miles. The region is typically seismically quiet, with no documented historical or Holocene earthquake activity on known faults such as the Iditarod-Nixon Fork and the western Denali Fault. The area generally experiences one magnitude 4-to-5 earthquake every other year. The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center confirmed that there is no tsunami warning, advisory, watch, or threat associated with this earthquake. 
