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The main epicenter was between Grande Prairie and Grande Cache, about 93 kilometers southeast of Grande Prairie, and sat roughly 7.1 kilometers deep, according to Natural Resources Canada. Interestingly, another earthquake hit Sechelt, B.C., on Friday after lunch—a 4.7 shaker, downgraded from an initial 5.1 estimate. Meanwhile, about an hour earlier on Friday, a quake near Redwood City, California, clocked in at a similar magnitude, around 4.8. Though earthquakes strong enough to be felt are fairly rare in Alberta, there’s been a noticeable uptick in seismic activity over the past few months, and researchers are definitely keeping an eye on…
