Two quakes recorded off Vancouver Island, no tsunami risk or damage reported

PORT ALICE, B.C. – Two earthquakes have struck off the northwest coast of Vancouver Island.

Natural Resources Canada says a magnitude 4.6 quake struck Monday afternoon about 166 kilometres west of Port Alice, B.C.

Less than one hour later, a second larger quake of magnitude 5.3 hit 189 kilometres west of Port Alice.

There are no reports of damage and no tsunami was produced.

Natural Resources Canada says the first quake was not felt and there are no felt reports from the second at this time.

Earthquakes are common in the region and about a dozen large earthquakes of magnitude 6.6 to 7.0 have occurred nearby over the past century.

Three quakes measuring 6.5, 6.6 and 6.8 were felt and recorded in the region last Oct. 22 followed by at least four aftershocks.

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Shelby Thevenot

Shelby Thevenot

Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.

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