4.6 earthquake shakes Anchorage area

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook the Anchorage area early Monday.

The earthquake was centered near Eagle River, about 12 miles northeast of Anchorage, with a depth of 17.5 miles, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.

It was felt around 6:47 a.m. throughout a large portion of Southcentral Alaska, including on the Kenai Peninsula and north toward Talkeetna.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

There was no tsunami danger from the earthquake, according to the National Tsunami Warning Center.

The earthquake’s source was similar to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that caused damage throughout the Anchorage and Mat-Su areas in 2018, said Heather McFarlin, the seismic data manager at the earthquake center. Both were subduction events caused by the tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean going underneath Alaska, she said.

The 2018 earthquake released 1,000 times more energy than the quake on Monday morning, the center said.