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Enormous Lava Fountain Erupts At Kilauea, Destroys Webcam (Dec. 6, 2025)
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at 11:41 a.m. local time in the Yakutat time zone, with its epicenter located approximately 88 kilometers (55 miles) north-northeast of Yakutat, Alaska, near Skagway Municipality in the Yukon Territory, Canada.
The quake occurred at a shallow depth of 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) and was felt across a wide region, including Ross River, Yukon, which is located 438.4 kilometers (272 miles) northeast of the epicenter.
Residents in Ross River reported light shaking, described as horizontal (sideways) swinging, lasting between 15 to 20 seconds.
The earthquake was also felt in other nearby communities such as Whitehorse, Tagish, and even as far as Anchorage, Alaska, and St. Albert, Alberta, though the shaking intensity decreased with distance.
The USGS reported at least ten aftershocks within 90 minutes of the main event, the largest of which measured magnitude 5.6.
No immediate reports of damage were recorded, but numerous residents shared on social media that they experienced the shaking.
The event is noted as the strongest earthquake in the region in over a century, with the last comparable quake of similar magnitude occurring in 2014.