A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday

A magnitude 7 earthquake has rocked Alaska on Saturday, Dec. 6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Alaska was rocked by a major, magnitude-7.0 earthquake on Saturday. The quake’s epicenter was reported to be in a remote area near the border between Alaska and Canada. It struck at 11:41 a.m. local time.

Canada border at 11:41 a.m. on Saturday, as a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shattered the stillness northeast of Yakutat. The powerful tremor, felt hundreds of miles away, instantly triggered a statewide emergency response and sent shockwaves through communities across southeastern Alaska and the Yukon Territory.

An enormous earthquake has rattled the North American continent, with tremors being felt across the US-Canada border.

A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Alaska-Canada border on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:41 a.m. Alaska time about 56 miles north of Yakutat, Alaska, data from the agency shows. U.S.G.S. data earlier reported that the magnitude was 6.7.

The quake occurred about 56 miles from Yakutat at a depth of about 6 miles, and was felt by people across the region.

A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Juneau and other towns in Alaska’s northern and central panhandle late Saturday morning. According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the quake happened at 11:41 a.m. and was centered roughly 55 miles north of Yakutat, at a depth of about three miles.

Thanksgiving got off to a shaky start in south-central Alaska as a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled the region on Thursday morning.Video from Anchorage resident Vicki Heinrich shows the quake violently shaking flowers and furnishings inside her home.

The quake came during a cluster that saw over a dozen other earthquakes reported over a 24-hour period, the USGS map shows.

Every fifteen minutes, on average, the ground moves somewhere in Alaska. Most of those quakes are too small to notice, but together they reveal a state under constant geologic pressure. That routine background shaking turned into a regional jolt last Saturday,