5.8 magnitude quake shakes Northern Canada

  09 January 2017    Read: 1278
5.8 magnitude quake shakes Northern Canada
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck in Nunavut territory in far northern Canada, the US Geological Survey said Monday, Sputnik reported.
The epicenter of the quake was centered 86 kilometers north-west of Canada`s Resolute settlement, a small Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island, and hit at a depth of 19 kilometers.

No data on victims or damage, as well as no tsunami threat has been recorded yet.

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