Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Southcentral Alaska

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Alaska Dispatch News

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and centered deep beneath Cook Inlet off the Kenai Peninsula shook Southcentral Alaska on Saturday night.

The quake, at 8:25 p.m., was centered 40 miles beneath Cook Inlet between Ninilchik and Clam Gulch, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.

"You could call this a run-of-the-mill Southern Alaska earthquake," said Michael West, state seismologist and director of the earthquake center.

There were no reports of injuries or damage, but the quake was felt throughout the region, including in Anchorage.


Read more: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2017/05/06/magnitude-5-2-earthquake-shakes-cook-inlet-region/

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Location of earthquake beneath Cook Inlet on May 6, 2017. (Alaska Earthquake Center)

[Honeycombe8]

1. Are they fracking there yet?

"Groundbreaking fracking effort, plus first new oil production in years, on tap in Cook Inlet"

https://www.adn.com/energy/article/groundbreaking-fracking-plus-first-new-oil-production-years-tap-cook-inlet/2016/04/02/

[Sinistrous]

2. I vividly remember a couple of similarly-sized earthquakes

when I was stationed near Kenai a few lifetimes ago.