A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck southwest of Ucluelet Friday afternoon and tremors were felt across Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland.
Earthquakes Canada said the earthquake occurred at 1:35 PST and was lightly felt around Vancouver Island. It had a depth of 10 kilometres, Earthquakes Canada said.
The earthquake was 36 kilometres south-southwest of Bamfield, 87 kilometres south-southwest of Port Alberni, 138 kilometres west of Victoria and 175 kilometres west-southwest of Vancouver.
Earthquakes Canada said there are no reports of any damage and none would be expected.
Many people are reporting having felt the earthquake in places like Victoria, Nanaimo and Vancouver, among others. Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA for Vancouver’s West End, tweeted that he felt the earthquake and then asked people “are you prepared for a big one?”
Felt the earthquake in Vancouver. Did you? And most importantly are you prepared for a big one?
— S Chandra Herbert (@SChandraHerbert) January 24, 2020
I thought the bed was possessed …lolol..I thought I had better check here first before calling a Priest ..lolol.. { Lake Cowichan Vancouver Island } …??…
— MaryAnn Thorson (@NoctrnlValkyrie) January 24, 2020
Victoria… bed shook, chandelier swayed.
— Carolin (@carolin4419) January 24, 2020
Just felt it in downtown Vancouver from the 19th floor
— CDalyce (@ChrystalDalyce) January 24, 2020
You can report if you felt an earthquake to Earthquakes Canada here.
Back in December, five earthquakes struck north the area where Friday’s earthquake occurred.
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