A powerful earthquake rattled northwestern Canada on Saturday afternoon, making the event one of the country’s strongest quakes on record.

The magnitude 7.0 struck the Yukon Territory at 1:41 p.m. local time with an epicentre around 250 kilometres west of Whitehorse. Experts with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found that the quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.

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[Yukon Earthquake December 6 2025] Yukon Earthquake December 6 2025

The USGS reported at least 33 aftershocks within three hours of the main earthquake, with the largest measuring a magnitude 5.1.

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There were no immediate reports of damage, though numerous residents of Whitehorse repor

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