2 earthquakes in under 2 hours reported off west coast of Vancouver Island
Two earthquakes in less than two hours struck off the west coast of Vancouver Island on Monday afternoon.
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The first measured 4.6 in magnitude and was reported to have taken place at 1:27 pm, 166 km west of Port Alice.
EARTHQUAKE Mag=4.6 on 22 Apr at 13:27 PDT.
Details : https://t.co/bk8pSSQUoT
166 km W of Port Alice, BC
— Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) April 22, 2019
The second one measured 5.3 in magnitude and happened 329.3 km (204.1 mi) west northwest of Tofino, and 532.1 km (329.9 mi) northwest of Victoria.
Both quakes had a reported depth of 10 km.
EARTHQUAKE Mag=5.3 on 22 Apr at 14:44 PDT.
Details : https://t.co/uJUxkZ5TwV
189 km W of Port Alice, BC
— Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) April 22, 2019
Earthquakes Canada said that there are no reports of damage and no tsunami is expected as a result of the quakes.
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