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Magnitude-5.5 earthquake shakes Southcentral Alaska

A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Southcentral Alaska on Wednesday evening.

The earthquake struck at 5:11 p.m. beneath the waters of Cook Inlet, west of the Kenai Peninsula, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

The quake was 38 miles west of Homer, and occurred at a depth of 47.8 miles.

The earthquake didn't generate a tsunami warning.

Did you feel the quake? Leave comments below.

Laurel Andrews

Laurel Andrews was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch News and Alaska Dispatch. She left the ADN in October 2018.

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