Alaska earthquake near Fairbanks Saturday night triggered a series of aftershocks until Sunday. According to the Alaska Dispatch News, dozens of smaller quakes were felt in the area hours after the 5.1 Alaska earthquake near Fairbanks.

The series of aftershocks which followed the Alaska earthquake near Fairbanks reportedly included a magnitude-3.5 quake just after midnight reportedly felt in the city. Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a magnitude-3.2 aftershock was also felt.

The Alaska Dispatch News reports the strongest aftershock to have come around 4:24 a.m., which registered at a magnitude of 4.19. It was located about 45 miles northwest of Fairbanks.

Another series of smaller aftershocks continued into the afternoon as well. At 1:58 p.m. Sunday, a magnitude-3.9 quake hit the area just 9 miles deep.

Not only did the Alaska earthquake near Fairbanks bring aftershocks near it, but they could also be felt around the region, according to the Associated Press.

The Fairbanks News-Miner reports that other aftershocks on Sunday were measured to be 4.08 and 4.19 in magnitude. They were reportedly felt throughout the cities of North Pole, Fairbanks and as far as Healy and Manley Hot Springs.

WJLA reports that the Alaska Earthquake Information Center said the Alaska earthquake near Fairbanks hit 43 miles northwest of Fairbanks.

Measured at magnitude 5.1, it hit at exactly 7:06 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on Saturday with a depth of 10 miles.

According to residents, they felt shaking for about 10 seconds.

The Alaska Dispatch News reports the first quake to have begun from a fault line just 10 miles from the small community of Minto, and 43 miles from Fairbanks. The Alaska earthquake near Fairbanks was felt in the city, which is Alaska's second largest.

According to the Fairbanks Police Department, there were no reports of damage or injuries after the initial earthquakes or aftershocks by 11 a.m. Sunday.

Earthquakes in Interior Alaska are not uncommon. However, they reportedly occur much less frequently than in the southern coastal areas of the state.

In April 2012,  the Indonesian island of Sumatra was struck with a magnitude 8.6 quake. It was triggered by a magnitude-3.9 earthquake in the Minto Flats region of Interior Alaska, near the community of Nenana and not far from Fairbanks.

Alaska earthquake near Fairbanks is not the only quake to have hit the region this year. On Aug. 13, the earthquake center said a light earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 rattled the state's Cook Inlet region. The quake was recorded at 10:04 p.m. Alaska time and was centered about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage at a depth of about 82 miles.