An earthquake centered in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve shook the northern portion of Southeast Alaska and the Yukon Saturday evening. It was felt throughout the region, from Whitehorse to Sitka.
The quake, at 8:32 p.m., had a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 and was about a mile beneath the north end of Tarr Inlet within the national park, 54 miles west of Haines, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. It was about 100 miles northwest of Juneau.
The National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer said there was no tsunami danger.
No damage was immediately reported, but according to social media accounts, it was felt as far away as Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon.
Reviewed magnitude is 5.0. The reviewed location is just a mile and half NW of the automatic location, which puts it right next to the M3.8 from two days ago. We have felt reports from Sitka to Whitehorse. The big red dot is today's M5, the overlapping yellow dot is the M3.8. pic.twitter.com/fKZoqcA6pO
— Alaska Earthquake Center (@AKearthquake) September 1, 2019