Several earthquakes hit central Alaska over the weekend

The Alaska Earthquake InformationCenter says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit the central part of thestate Sunday night.

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The centre says the earthquake had an epicentre43kilometresnorth of Pleasant Valley, a town of about 700 residents
at 9:09 p.m. local time Sunday. The earthquake had a depth of 11 kilometres.

The earthquake was the fourth to hit Alaska over the weekend.

There were no reports of injuries or damage.

Earlier Sunday, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake hit the Cook Inletregion at 11:58 a.m. near Tyonek, a town of about 200 residents. Theearthquake had a depth of about 10 kilometres.

On Saturday, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the KenaiPeninsula region at 8:25 p.m. local time Saturday.

The centrereported hours earlier that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit part ofthe Aleutian Islands chain.

The quake struck about 12:43 p.m. in theFox Islands region of the Aleutians.

Last Monday, two earthquakes shook parts of Alaska, Yukon and northern British Columbia, causing power outages and damaging buildings. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hitabout 85 kilometres northwest ofSkagway, Alaska. Another quake, magnitude 6.3, hit less than two hours later.

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