Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits SE Alaska -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits SE Alaska -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-01-01 14:59:30

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Southeastern Alaska at 0646 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 60.64 degrees north latitude and 140.00 degrees west longitude.