4.4M earthquake near AK Hwy and Active Volcanoes in Alaska

Question

Yesterday evening a small earthquake occurred between Fort St John and Dawson Creek near the Alaska Highway. Apparently the quake was felt in Fort St John and Taylor, B.C.
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent_eq/2013/20130528.0436/index-eng.php

There have been numerous small quakes in recent months
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-eng.php?tpl_region=west

Some are speculating the active volcanoes in SW Alaska are either the cause or effect.
More about the volcanoes: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

alaska_dennis · Answer

Sue those volcanoes that are going off ,one is near Cold Bay the start of the aleutians and Cleveland volcano is about half way out the aleutians chain.dennis

sue_t · Answer

Dennis, you're right, of course. I was thinking west and wrote east. As I age, more and more, my fingers type what my brain isn't thinking. No typos, just wrong information!

Sigh ... anyway, I corrected the location to "SW" in my original post.

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