Internet returning to Alaska after quake

Published 4:10 pm Saturday, July 26, 2014

JUNEAU, Alaska — Internet and wireless service is returning to southeast Alaska after a widespread outage caused by an earthquake.

Between 10,000 and 15,000 people lost service Friday after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake 97 miles west of Juneau damaged an underwater fiber cable.

Alaska Communications spokeswoman Hannah Blankenship says that most customers had their service restored by Saturday morning.