According to experts, the earthquake began at 22:42 (01:42 Moscow time).

The epicenter of the tremors was located 219 km south-west of Anchorage, the city's population was almost 300 thousand people.

The source of the earthquake lay at a depth of 152 km.

No data on casualties and destruction has been reported at the moment.

Earlier, seismologists recorded an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 in Laos.