Second earthquake in less than a week in central Alberta

A second earthquake in less than a week shook central Alberta on Sunday.

Honn Kao with the Geological Survey of Canada says the 4.4 magnitude quake was detected at around 4 a.m., with an epicentre about 32 kilometres northwest of Rocky Mountain House.

Cara Tobin, a spokeswoman for the Alberta Energy Regulator, says there doesn’t appear to have been any industrial activity in the area, but staff will be checking the data to make sure.

Kao notes that while the quake was geographically close to one a week ago that’s been linked to fracking, they were in separate geologic systems.