The quake hit just before 11 p.m. and was centered about 60 miles east of Talkeetna and around 100 miles northeast of Anchorage, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. It was centered at a depth of about 27 miles. the center reported.
The USGS initially reported the preliminary magnitude as 6.0 and later adjusted the magnitude to 6.1 after review.
The earthquake was felt from Homer to Fairbanks, and was felt especially strongly the Mat-Su and Anchorage areas. ADN readers on Facebook described items falling off shelves, and many described rolling motion.
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