The star indicates the location of a 4.6 magnitude earthquake 183 kilometres northwest of Port Hardy Tuesday morning. The natural resources ministry says there are no reports of damage and no tsunami is expected. Photo courtesy Earthquakes Canada.
The natural resources ministry says no tsunami is expected following a 4.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwest of Vancouver Island Tuesday morning.
Earthquakes Canada says the earthquake happened at 6:10 a.m. and was 183 kilometres northwest of Port Hardy at a depth of 10 km.
EARTHQUAKE Mag=4.6 on 21 Aug at 06:10 PDT.
Details : https://t.co/90QWNgGRYF
183 km W of Port Hardy, BC
— Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) August 21, 2018
There are no reports of damage and Earthquakes Canada says none would be expected.
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