Magnitude 7 earthquake near Yakutat shakes Southeast Alaska

A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Juneau and other towns in Alaska’s northern and central panhandle late Saturday morning.   

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the quake happened at 11:41 a.m. and was centered roughly 55 miles north of Yakutat, at a depth of about three miles. 

Residents from Juneau, Haines, Whitehorse and other Southeast Alaska towns…