Magnitude 5.0 earthquake off Port Hardy
Posted July 26, 2013 6:41 am.
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PORT HARDY (NEWS1130) – An earthquake has rattled the area off northwestern Vancouver Island.
The US Geological Survey says the 5.0 magnitude quake hit at 5:57 a.m. today.
It was centred under the Pacific Ocean, about 185 km west of Port Hardy.
The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre says the quake was not strong enough to generate a dangerous wave.
Natural Resources Canada says more than 100 magnitude 5 earthquakes or stronger have occurred off BC in the last 70 years, including the magnitude 7.7 quake — the second strongest ever recorded in Canada — that jolted the west coast of Haida Gwaii last October.