SKWENTNA, Alaska (KTUU) – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck a remote stretch of Southcentral Alaska Friday evening, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.
The quake hit at 8:50 p.m. AKDT about 43 miles northwest of Skwentna and 107 miles northwest of Anchorage, at a depth of 6.2 miles.
The Alaska Earthquake Center described the surrounding region as seismically quiet, noting that known faults, including the Iditarod-Nixon Fork and the western Denali Fault, have no documented historical or Holocene earthquake activity. On average, the area produces one magnitude 4-to-5 earthquake every other year…