Earthquakes Canada says it registered three earthquakes in the identical area close to the Yukon-Alaska border inside minutes of one another, little greater than an hour earlier than the stroke of midnight Dec. 31.
It says the primary earthquake struck with a magnitude of 5.7 in Alaska about 140 kilometres west of Haines Junction, Y.Ok., simply earlier than 10:47 p.m. PST.
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Earthquakes Canada says the earthquake may very well be felt in Whitehorse, Y.Ok., however didn’t obtain any studies of harm, and none had been anticipated.
It says an aftershock with a magnitude of 5.0 struck at round 10:51 p.m. about 142 kilometres west of Haines Junction, adopted by an earthquake of 5.3 magnitude about 143 kilometres west of Haines Junction simply earlier than 10:55 p.m.
Earthquakes Canada says the third and remaining earthquake is also “calmly felt” in Whitehorse, however didn’t obtain any studies of harm.
On Dec. 6, an earthquake with magnitude of seven.0 struck the close to Alaska-Yukon border about 120 kilometres west of Haines Junction.
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