Natural Resources Canada reports that the first - a magnitude 4.3-earthquake - struck the lower Bonnetplume River valley just after midnight. About an hour later a second earthquake - this one measuring 3.8 - shook the ground 100 kilometres further north.
The Peel is the Yukon's most earthquake-prone region, followed by the mountainous southwest corner of the territory.
In all, nine quakes have hit the Peel in the last month, but these latest two were the first of 2013 that were large enough to be considered "signficiant events."
Click here to see a map of the Yukon's earthquakes for past year and click here for a map of the last 30 days.
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