Largest earthquakes in or near Yukon Territory, Canada, on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, Yukon has had 69 quakes of magnitudes above 5 and up to 7.1:

1 quake above magnitude 7
9 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
59 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6

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Latest: Mag. 5.2 Earthquake Canada: 52 Km W of Burwash Landing, YT -

Strongest: Mag. 7.1 Earthquake Southern Alaska (USA) -

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 6.7 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (69 quakes):

Largest earthquakes in or near Yukon Territory, Canada, on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Aug 6, 2023 01:22 pm (Dawson)	5.2 7 km		Canada: 52 Km W of Burwash Landing, YT 4 reports	Info
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 8, 2023 12:32 am (Dawson)	5.0 10 km		Canada: 84 Km W of Burwash Landing, YT	Info
Thursday, September 29, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 29, 2022 03:08 pm (Anchorage)	5.0 13 km	14 km (8.7 mi) to the SW	111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska 1 report	Info
Saturday, January 8, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 8, 2022 01:16 am (Whitehorse)	5.2 38 km		104 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska 1 report	Info
Friday, December 22, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 22, 2017 12:00 am (Whitehorse)	5.5 10 km		Northern Yukon Territory, Canada	Info
Sunday, July 20, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 19, 2014 07:15 pm (Whitehorse)	5.0 5.6 km		93km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska	Info
Thursday, July 17, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 17, 2014 04:49 am (Whitehorse)	6.0 10 km	2 km (1.2 mi) to the SW	Skagway, 250 mi northwest of Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska, United States 1 report	Info
Thursday, June 5, 2014 GMT (2 quakes)
Jun 4, 2014 10:44 pm (Whitehorse)	5.1 10 km		287 km west of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Info
Jun 4, 2014 10:38 pm (Whitehorse)	5.1 12 km		145 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska	Info
Friday, March 27, 2009 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 27, 2009 02:58 am (Universal Time)	5.0 1 km		Southern Yukon Territory, Canada	Info
Saturday, September 20, 2008 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 19, 2008 11:16 pm (Yellowknife)	5.2 10 km	40 km (25 mi) to the E	South Slave, Northwest Territories, 447 km northeast of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 5.5 x 10¹⁵ joules (1539 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.3 x 10⁶ tons of TNT or 82.8 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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