7.0 Earthquake on Alaska-Canada Border Exposes Gaps in Disaster Preparedness

On Saturday, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake shook a sparsely populated area near the border between Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory. While officials quickly reported no immediate damage or injuries, this seismic event reveals deeper concerns about America's readiness in safeguarding its remote frontiers—frontiers critical to national sovereignty and security. Who Is Watching Our Remote Borders? Located roughly 230 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska, and near small communities like Yakutat and Haines Junction, this quake may have spared lives this time due to low population density. However, it raises an urgent question: Are our northern border regions equipped for natural disasters that...