Quake Rocks Northern Canada but Causes No Major Damage or Injuries

A strong earthquake rocked Canada’s remote northern territories Saturday, shaking dishes in Edmonton, Alberta, about 700 miles southeast of the epicenter but causing no major damage or injuries.

In Golden, Colo., the U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured 6.6 on the Richter scale, and was centered in the Northwest Territories, about 320 miles west of the capital of Yellowknife. It said the quake was felt in parts of the Northwest Terrorities, the Yukon Territory, British Columbia and Alberta.

Fort Simpson, a supply town of 1,000 people on the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, is about 75 miles east of the epicenter.

“It shook all the buildings in the whole town. For about two minutes, everything was just a weaving and a rocking,” said Violet Kidd, owner of the Fort Simpson Hotel. “Things were falling off the shelves. I ran right outside, thinking a semi-truck had run into the side of the building. . . . These things are supposed to happen in California or Mexico, not up here.”