A 6.0-magnitude earthquake was reported in Alaska on Thursday (November 27), according to the United States Geological Survey .

The earthquake was centered near Willow, at a depth of 69.4 kilometers (about 43 miles). The USGS said it received 6,827 reports of people having felt the earthquake as of Wednesday afternoon.

There is currently no threat of a tsunami in the area, according to Tsunami.gov . The earthquake was reported at approximately 8:11 a.m. local time.

Three aftershocks were reported to have measured as a 2.9-magnitude, a 2.6-magnitude and a 3.2-magnitude after the 6.0-magnitude struck on Thursday. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake is among 12 reported in Willow within the past 24 hours; 49 in the past seven days; 170 in the past 30 days; and 1,401 in the past 365 days,

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