Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes central Alaska

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck central Alaska in the United States, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) , GFZ said.

Separately, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), said the tremblor struck 169 kilometers north of the state’s capital Anchorage.