The Yukon government is taking stock of the damage from a couple of earthquakes that shook the territory early Monday morning. At least two buildings — a school and a Whitehorse office building — will remain closed Tuesday.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Yukon and Alaska at about 5:30 a.m. local time Monday, causing power outages, damaging buildings and shaking people awake.

Then another larger quake, magnitude 6.3, hit less than two hours later, about 7:20 a.m. PT. There were also a series of aftershocks.

The first quake hit in British Columbia's far northwest, near the B.C.-Yukon border, about 85 kilometres northwest of Skagway, Alaska, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, while the second hit about 80 kilometres west of Skagway.

Whitehorse residents told CBC News that they were falling out ofGovt Ops Centre closely monitoring earthquake near Whitehorse - on standby to help as required. Stay safe everyone. —@RalphGoodale

Dept. of Highways is organizing a comprehensive check of all highways including bridge inspections. —@YukonPS

The Whitehorse airport appeared unaffected and flights were coming and going as scheduled, said Aisha Montgomery, with the Yukon government's protective services division.

At least one downtown building appeared to suffer damage — the Lynn building was evacuated and closed for the day. The territorial government, which rents the building, said it will remain closed until an engineer's report is reviewed.

Paula Nugent, who works there, noticed long cracks on the outside of the building. She also saw damage inside before she had to leave.

"The stairwell has been compromised with huge cracks, there's plaster falling off the walls,"