PORT ALICE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Earthquakes Canada says a 6.4 magnitude quake in the Pacific was "lightly felt" on Vancouver Island Thursday morning.
The agency says the powerful quake at 8:08 a.m. was centred in waters southwest of Port Alice, B.C., but did not result in reports of damage and none were to be expected.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicentre was located about 209 kilometres west of Tofino, B.C.
The USGS says it was the largest of a cluster of earthquakes around the same location, including quakes with magnitudes of 4.3 and 5.4 later in the morning.
But the earlier quake was much more powerful, releasing more than 30 times as much energy as the largest of those that followed, according to the USGS magnitude calculator.
Earthquakes Canada says none of the earthquakes, which were about 10 kilometres deep in the Pacific Ocean, triggered a tsunami.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 11, 2024.
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