Powerful Aftershocks Arrive in Alaska for Beginning of the New Year

A tow truck holds a car that was pulled from on an off-ramp that collapsed during a morning earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska, on Nov. 30, 2018. Mike Dinneen/AP

A magnitude 5.0 aftershock struck the Anchorage capitol area on the morning of New Year’s Eve—and ushered in two days filled with many more tremors.

That 5.0 was the strongest aftershock since the Nov. 30 quake.