Residents of southcentral Alaska were jolted awake by the quake, which was centered 9 miles (15 km) northwest of Anchorage and was over 20 miles (33 km) deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which revised the quake down from a 5.4 magnitude.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
In November, a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Anchorage, a city of 300,000 people, buckling roads, disrupting phone service and causing minor damage.
(Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Anchorage and Gabriella Borter in New York; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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