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Late Night Earthquake Shakes, Wakes Upper Valley

A late night earthquake near the summit of Denali shook the Upper Valley in the first minutes of Tuesday. According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake was

A late night earthquake near the summit of Denali shook the Upper Valley in the first minutes of Tuesday.

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake was detected at 12:38 a.m. on Tuesday 31 miles south of Kantishna and 59 miles north-northwest of Talkeetna.

According to the map provided by AEC, the earthquake’s epicenter was just due east of Denali’s summit, and occurred at a depth of 84 miles.

The earthquake was felt throughout the Upper Valley, and some felt it as far away as Anchorage. No damage or injury was immediately reported.

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