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Several earthquakes hit central Alaska over the weekend

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit the central part of the state Sunday night. The earthquake was the fourth to hit Alaska over the weekend.

Magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit Sunday night, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit the central part of the state Sunday night. The earthquake was the fourth to hit Alaska over the weekend. (U.S. Geological Survey)

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit the central part of the state Sunday night.

The centre says the earthquake had an epicentre 43 kilometres north 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 Inlet region at 11:58 a.m. near Tyonek, a town of about 200 residents. The earthquake had a depth of about 10 kilometres.

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

The centre reported hours earlier that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit part of the Aleutian Islands chain.

The quake struck about 12:43 p.m. in the Fox 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 hit about 85 kilometres northwest of Skagway, Alaska. Another quake, magnitude 6.3, hit less than two hours later.