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By The Canadian Press, September 7, 2016
Earthquake knocked out power to hoist, workers stayed in refuge station
Dozens of miners were 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. CST, 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.