a mapThe location of a 3.8 magnitude earthquake successful Anchorage connected Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (From Alaska Earthquake Center)

A insignificant earthquake gave Anchorage a little shingle early Friday, arsenic section students returned to schoolhouse amid nan commencement of nan Alaska State Fair.

The 7:34 a.m. temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 3.8, according to nan Alaska Earthquake Center, and struck astir 3 miles southeast of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson astatine a extent of 21.4 miles.

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