Canada earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 40 km SSE of Haines Junction, Canada

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 40 km SSE of Haines Junction, Canada on Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 7:28 PM GMT-7 (02:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 15 km WSW of Haines Junction, Canada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 7:28 PM GMT-7
UTC: 2020-11-15 02:28:11 UTC
Depth: 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 60.427° N, 137.190° W
Region: Canada
Felt reports: 2
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.04 · 84 stations
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 40°
Stations used: 47

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast121 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cf4u (also filed as ak020ep9bydd). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.