A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Alaska approximately 19 miles west northwest of Skwentna at 9:51 am.
Alaska Earthquake Information Center Senior Seismologist Natasha Ruppert said this year has had more large earthquakes than normal.
Ruppert: “In July we had two magnitude 6 earthquakes in southeast Alaska, in June we had a magnitude 7.9 in Aleutian Islands so overall I would say that this year brought more events in 6-7 magnitude range but they are all in different parts of the state and there is no real direct connection between these different events.”
The earthquake was located about 61 miles deep and we asked Ruppert if that would generate more or less aftershocks.
Ruppert: “Actually deeper earthquakes have fewer aftershocks than shallow earthquakes, so we do expect some aftershocks but very few. Also in terms of damage reports shallow earthquakes again would be felt much more strong and potentially they could cause more damage.”
