Saskatchewan miners briefly stuck underground after small earthquake
ROCANVILLE, Sask. — Some people were shaken awake and some miners stuck underground in southeast Saskatchewan when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit early Monday morning.
Earthquakes Canada said it happened around 4:40 a.m., and was centred about 32 kilometres east-southeast of Yorkton.
The Potash Corp. mine near Rocanville, Sask., had to switch to backup power when a power outage occurred.
However, that wasn’t enough to run the hoists so about 40 people were stuck underground for a while.