Update (January 24):

Seismic activity continued to rumble in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain throughout yesterday (January 24).

A series of eight quakes in the Andreanof Islands within the Alaskan archipelago ranged from 4.0- to 4.3-magnitude.

The most recent quake, at 4.3-magnitude occurred at 6:35 p.m. (Vancouver time) last night (January 23), with an epicentre 90 kilometres (56 miles) southwest of Adak, Alaska.

One that preceded this latest series was the largest, measuring 6.2-magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Earthquake Centre. It struck at 8:53 p.m. on January 22.

The epicentre was at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), located 82 kilometres (51 miles) west of Adak, Alaska.

Original article (January 22):

A number of earthquakes have been taking place in Alaska and northern British Columbia over the past few days.

An inland earthquake struck southern Alaska near the Yukon border at 10:10 a.m. today (January 22).

The U.S. Geological Survey measured it as a 4.0-magnitude temblor before reassessing it as a 3.9-magnitude seismic event, which matched the Alaska Earthquake Centre’s measurement.

Close to the surface at a depth of four kilometres (two miles), the epicenter was located 118 kilometres (73 miles) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska, and 352 kilometres (218 miles) southwest of Whitehorse, Yukon.

This quake follows one in northern B.C. that hit near the Alaska Panhandle and the Yukon border at 8:11 a.m. on January 20.

Earthquakes Canada reported it as a 4.0-magnitude quake that was lightly felt in Whitehorse and Haines Junction, Yukon. There weren’t any reports of damage.

It was a surface-level quake, at a depth of one kilometre (or half a mile).

The epicenter was located 72 kilometres (45 miles) west of Skagway, Alaska, and 135 kilometres (84 miles) southwest of Whitehorse.

Meanwhile, at least nine notable quakes have occurred in the Aleutian Islands chain since January 20, ranging from 4.1- to 4.7-magnitude.

An offshore 4.6-magnitude temblor struck today with an epicenter 239 kilometres (148 miles) southwest of Adak, Alaska.

Also earlier this week on January 20, a 3.8- to 4.0-magnitude quake hit off the southwestern coast of Haida Gwaii, B.C.