Largest Recorded Alberta Earthquake Probably Natural, Scientist Says

Largest Recorded Alberta Earthquake Probably Natural, Scientist Says
A vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway passing through Canmore, Alta., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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A geologist says the largest earthquake ever recorded in Alberta was probably due to natural causes.

Rebecca Salvage of the University of Calgary says the 5.6-magnitude quake that rattled windows and shook homes near Peace River in northwest Alberta was likely too deep to have been caused any other way.