By Erin McNutt/CKOM News Staff

UPDATE: Earthquake hits southeastern SK

Sep 5, 2016 | 8:27 AM

UPDATE: Some people were shaken awake in southeast Saskatchewan Monday morning when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit.

Earthquakes Canada said it happened around 4:40 a.m, and was centred about 32 kilometres east-southeast of Yorkton.

SaskPower reported a widespread outage in the area affecting Moosomin, Rocanville, Whitewood, Esterhazy, Stockholm and Wapella – though it wasn’t immediately clear whether the quake caused the outage.

Power was soon restored.

“It was recorded at 3.8 magnitude, which isn’t considered big,” said Geological Survey Canada seismologist Dr. Honn Kaw .

Kaw said this type of thing isn’t out of the ordinary of Saskatchewan.

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“The region, historically, has recorded several smaller earthquakes like that, but we haven’t really received any event that’s big enough to cause any damage,” he said.

This isn’t the first time an earthquake has been felt in the area. According to Natural Resources Canada, there have been 12 earthquakes in the region at magnitude 3.0 or higher since 1981.

The quake on Monday morning was the largest reported thus far.

In 2012 there was an earthquake reported near Esterhazy.

No damage or injuries have been reported – Kaw believes that’s likely because it was centred in a rural area.

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by Erin McNutt/CKOM News Staff

UPDATE: Earthquake hits southeastern SK

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