Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes remote area near Alaska-Canada border
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes remote area near Alaska-Canada border
Although people reported ‘things falling off shelves and walls’, no injuries or structural damage were reported
A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday. There was no tsunami warning, and officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.
The US Geological Survey said the quake struck about 230 miles (370km) north-west of Juneau, Alaska, and 155 miles west of Whitehorse, Yukon.
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