A 5.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Southeast Alaska at about 3 a.m. Friday, July 25, cut Alaska Power and Telephone cell phone and Internet service in Haines, as well as ACS cell phone service, for nearly a day.

The break in service also affected some AT&T customers in Southeast.

The problems were attributed to a break in an underwater fiber optic cable near Juneau maintained by ACS. AP&T uses an ACS line in Juneau to connect…