Earthquakes hit northern Alberta Tuesday evening

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck northern Alberta on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center said.

The earthquake, which struck east of Peace River, Alta. — which is 357 kilometers northwest of Edmonton — was at a depth of two kilometers, EMSC said.

EMSC revised the magnitude after it was first reported that the earthquake was of magnitude 5.9.

According to Earthquakes Canada and the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake struck around 4:45 p.m. local time.

Earthquakes Canada reported it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake at a depth of four kilometers. Five minutes later, the USGS measured one shock at 4.9 and another at 4.6, both nearly 10 kilometers away.

Users on social media have reported how the earth is moving.

“Anyone else around Peace River feel the earthquake 10 minutes ago? And aftershock 5 minutes ago?” a user self-identified as Marc Tardif tweeted.

“Yeah rocked us quite a bit,” a Marc Lavoie replied.

The username _ChirpsAhoy said he felt it in Grande Prairie, Alta., nearly 200 kilometers away.

“Did… did I experience an earthquake just north of Grande Prairie? It felt like someone was gently shaking my house for 2 seconds,” Donovan Eckstrom posted.

According to Earthquakes Canada, this is the fourth earthquake with a magnitude greater than four to hit the area in the past week. Wednesday saw two earthquakes of 4.5 and 4.1 and another 4.1 earthquake struck on Thursday.

Just before 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, a 5.7 earthquake near the previous ones was reported by Reno, Alta., just east of Peace River.

immediately after, multiple people reported similar effects in Edmonton.

– with files from Reuters

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