An earthquake has hit off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Earthquakes Canada says the quake was recorded at 7:14pm yesterday about 129 km west of Port Alice.
EARTHQUAKE Mag=4.9 on 22 May at 19:14 PDT.
Details : https://t.co/En7VGZP3Hj
129 km W of Port Alice, BC
— Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) May 23, 2020
The 4.9 magnitude quake had a depth of 8 km.
Reports say there was no damage and a tsunami was not expected.
On May 9th, an earthquake of a similar magnitude was detected 132 km northwest of Tofino.
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For more specific details about yesterday’s quake, click here.
