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7.0 quake shakes remote area straddling Alaska, Canada

 Published: 11:37, 7 December 2025

7.0 quake shakes remote area straddling Alaska, Canada

A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Saturday shook a mountainous, sparsely populated area straddling the border of the US state of Alaska and Canada's Yukon territory, seismologists said.

The temblor at 2041 GMT was followed by more than 30 aftershocks ranging from magnitude 5.1 to 3.3 over the next three hours, according to the US Geological Survey.

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