Early-morning earthquake on Thanksgiving jostles Southcentral

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An earthquake jostled many residents in Southcentral Alaska on Thanksgiving morning.

Measured at a preliminary magnitude 6.0, the quake struck at 8:11 a.m. about 26 miles southwest of Willow, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center, with a depth of 42.8 miles.

The quake was originally measured at 6.2 before quickly being downgraded slightly in the minutes after it hit.

This is the largest quake to hit Southcentral since 2021 — a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, 73 kilometers north of Chickaloon, Alaska. Before that, it was the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Point MacKenzie, Alaska, in November 2018.

See a spelling or grammar error? Report it to web@ktuu.com