Earthquakes rattle the north coast of Vancouver Island
Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 03:32:54 +0000
Five earthquakes rattled northern Vancouver Island on Monday morning but no damage was reported.
The first quake, which was centred off the northwest coast of the Island about 162 kilometres west of Port Hardy, struck at 8:44 a.m. and measured 5.1.
It was followed by two larger quakes — a 5.6 tremor at 11:13 a.m. and a 5.8 shaker at 11:49 a.m. — in the same area, then two more afterwards.
Earthquakes Canada received no reports of damage from the quakes, and none was expected.
The earthquakes were not felt on land and a tsunami was not expected, the agency said.