Vancouver are you prepared? 6 earthquakes strike off B.C. coast, no damage or tsunami expected

6 earthquakes strike off B.C. coast, no damage or tsunami expected

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Posted December 23, 2019 1:00 pm

Updated December 24, 2019 7:18 am

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 Earthquakes Canada said there were no reports of damage or tsunami threat from a five earthquakes off the B.C. coast Monday. 

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There were no reports of damage or tsunami expected after five earthquakes struck off the B.C. coast Monday afternoon, according to federal officials.

According to Earthquakes Canada, the first quake measured magnitude 5.1, the second 5.6, the third 5.8, the fourth and strongest measured 6.0, and a later quake measured 4.8.

READ MORE: String of earthquakes hit off Haida Gwaii, no tsunami or damage reported

The quakes struck at 8:44 a.m. PT, 11:13 a.m. PT, 11:49 a.m. PT, 12:56 p.m. PT, and 3:38 p.m. PT the agency said.

Emergency Info BC

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No Tsunami Threat to #BC https://twitter.com/nws_ntwc/status/1209200893842751488 …

NWS Tsunami Alerts

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Tsunami Info Stmt: M5.8 120mi NW Port Alice, British Columbia 1150PST Dec 23: Tsunami NOT expected

#NTWC

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John Cassidy@earthquakeguy

A pair of offshore earthquakes (M5.1 at 8:44 a.m. PT and M5.6 at 11:13 a.m. PT) are reminders of the active plate tectonics just to the west of #VancouverIsland. Not felt, no impacts, and not so unusual for this area.
Some details: http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2019/20191223.1913/index-en.php …

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The first five were at a depth of about 5 kilometres and centred between 160 and 186 kilometres west of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, said Earthquakes Canada.

Just after 9:30 p.m., another earthquake struck 29 kilometres off of the Village of Queen Charlotte on Haida Gwaii, according to Earthquakes Canada.

That quake measured 4.3 and Earthquakes Canada said there was no tsunami expected.

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EARTHQUAKE Mag=4.3 on 23 Dec at 21:32 PST.

Details : http://bit.ly/2sTSv63 

29 km WSW of Village of Queen Charlotte, BC

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The quakes were located on the small Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, which lies between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

The area is highly geologically active and a frequent location of small earthquakes, many of which are never felt from land.

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