The 1.6 magnitude earthquake occurred west of Morris Plains at around 5:40 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake map.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Alaska on Wednesday afternoon and a tsunami warning was canceled two hours later for the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years