A strong earthquake rattled Southcentral Alaska late Tuesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
According to geophysicist Guy Urban with the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, the temblor, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, struck at 11:34 a.m. about 25 miles southwest of Homer at a depth of just over 49 miles. That is considered a shallow-depth quake. The quake was not expected to generate a tsunami.
Many people reported feeling the quake, which lasted about 10 seconds. It was even felt as far away as the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Kay Steele, administrative assistant at the Kenai Penin-sula Borough Office of Emer-gency Management, said the quake was felt at her office, but as of noon Tuesday, there had been no reports of damage. She did say Seward officials had reported feeling the quake there.
The quake was felt at the Alaska State Emergency Coordination Center at Fort Richardson, but they also had had no reports of damage.
Though it generated strong movement in Homer, there were no reports of damage, according to the Homer Fire Department.
