Alaska shaken by 6.1 quake, no damage reported

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Published: JANUARY 24, 2009 22:07
A moderate earthquake has rattled Alaska's Cook Inlet southwest of Anchorage but there have been no reports of damage. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said numerous callers reported the earthquake just after 9 a.m. Saturday. The US Geological Survey rated the quake at magnitude 6.1, and the Alaska Earthquake Information Center gave it a preliminary magnitude of 5.7. No tsunami warning was generated.