Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island, no reports of damage
TOFINO — A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the coast of Vancouver Island, although there are no reports of damage.
Earthquakes Canada says the quake happened at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday local time, with the epicentre 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor, about 130 kilometres west of Tofino, B.C.
B.C.’s emergency information system says in a social media post that there were no tsunami threats from the quake.
It was the third and strongest significant seismic event off the B.C. coast this month, after a magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Haida Gwaii on Nov. 3.
