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4.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Yukon, B.C. border

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake originated in British Columbia's far northwest, near the Yukon border and approximately 81-kilometres northwest of Skagway, Alaska and 135-kilometres southwest of Whitehorse.

Smaller than pair of quakes that hit the same region earlier this month

The approximate originating location of the latest earthquake in northern B.C. Small quakes were felt in Whitehorse. (Earthquakes Canada )

An earthquake hit near the border between Yukon and B.C., though it was smaller than the pair of quakes that hit the region earlier this month, Earthquakes Canada reports.

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake originated in British Columbia's far northwest, approximately 81-kilometres northwest of Skagway, Alaska and 135-kilometres southwest of Whitehorse.

It happened at 12:33 p.m. PDT, according to Earthquakes Canada.

Earthquakes Canada says there are no reports of damage and none would be expected.

Residents in Whitehorse reported on social media that they felt small shocks Sunday, but this quake was smaller than the pair of larger earthquakes that hit the same region earlier this month.

Those earthquakes on May 1damaged buildings and caused power outages in Yukon. Aftershocks from those quakes continued for a few days after.