Magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes Kenai, South Central

Screenshot from USGS

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake centered in Lake Clark National Park jolted the Kenai Peninsula and south-central Alaska on Tuesday at about 1:40 p.m.

The epicenter was about seven miles northwest of Mount Iliamna, across Kok Inlet from Ninilchik. This is according to the USGS.

This earthquake was “moderate” by the center’s standards, said Alex Farrell, a science developer at the Alaska Earthquake Center in Fairbanks.

“This isn’t the biggest earthquake of the year, but it’s definitely significant,” Farrell said.

Farrell said there were no reports of damage yet. She said that’s likely because the quake was at a depth of 95 miles and far from a population In contrast, the 2018 Anchorage earthquake was less than 30 miles deep.

Several messages were sent to the USGS “Did you feel it?” The map comes from the western Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage and reports “light” shaking. Farrell says the strongest reports came from the Homer region. As of Tuesday afternoon, there were reports as far north as Fairbanks and as far south as Kodiak.

Ashlyn O’Hara was working in her office in Kenai when the earthquake struck.

“I was sitting at my desk and I panicked in my seat,” she said. “And we have a string of lights hanging in our office so I looked around my computer and these were rocking back and forth.”

O’Hara’s is from Southern California and has done her fair share of earthquake training. She fell and covered under her desk.

“I’ve felt earthquakes before, but in terms of earthquakes that stand out in terms of being really strong, I think this is probably the second earthquake where I can feel and notice,” she said.

She said the quake lasted long enough to take out her phone and start recording while she was under her desk.

Farrell said a tsunami was not expected. But there is a possibility of aftershocks.

“An earthquake of this size usually has some aftershocks,” she said. “You’ll have more aftershocks sooner, and then the further you go in time from when the earthquake happened, you’ll have fewer and fewer aftershocks.”

This story has been updated.

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