Moderate earthquake hits Canada's remote Yukon

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit Canada's remote Yukon Territory early on Saturday, near the border with the US state of Alaska, the US Geological Survey said.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit Canada's remote Yukon Territory early on Saturday, near the border with the US state of Alaska, the US Geological Survey said.

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According to the USGS website, the quake occurred at 1301 GMT in the sparsely populated north-western territory, about 65 kilometres southwest of the small town of Old Crow.