Yakutat, AK – A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck late Friday, continuing a string of seismic activity that has been pelting the region throughout the day. The quake hit at 21:04 UTC approximately 113 kilometers north-northwest of Yakutat, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
According to USGS, the quake originated at a depth of 10 kilometers, a typical depth for crustal activity in southeastern Alaska’s active seismic corridor. Residents across the Yakutat area and coastal portions of the Gulf of Alaska reported feeling multiple smaller tremors earlier in the day, though no official damage reports have been filed.
Friday’s shaking is the latest in a cluster of quakes recorded since early morning, marking a noticeable rise in localized seismic motion. Clusters like this are not unusual in Alaska—one of the most active earthquake zones in the world—but today’s steady rhythm of tremors has drawn heightened attention from nearby communities.
USGS monitoring indicates no tsunami threat connected to the event. The agency continues to track regional seismicity within a 250-kilometer radius and notes that all quakes in today’s sequence remain below damaging thresholds.
Residents who felt the quake are encouraged to submit reports through the USGS “Did You Feel It?” platform to help refine real-time shaking intensity data for emergency planners.
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