Earthquake in Alaska/Yukon

Yukon, Alaska, northern B.C. rocked by quake, then another

Quakes centred in B.C.'s northwest, near Yukon border

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/earthquake-yukon-alaska-1.4093105

1 May, 2017

The Yukon government is taking stock of the damage from a couple of earthquakes that shook the territory early Monday morning. At least two buildings — a school and a Whitehorse office building — will remain closed Tuesday.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Yukon and Alaska at about 5:30 a.m. local time Monday, causing power outages, damaging buildings and shaking people awake.

Then another larger quake, magnitude 6.3, hit less than two hours later, about 7:20 a.m. PT. There were also a series of aftershocks.

The first quake hit in British Columbia's far northwest, near the B.C.-Yukon border, about 85 kilometres northwest of Skagway, Alaska, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, while the second hit about 80 kilometres west of Skagway.

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Whitehorse residents told CBC News that they were falling out of their beds and dishes were coming down from shelves.