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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes offshore near Port Hardy, B.C.; no tsunami threat
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 148 km west-southwest of Port Hardy, B.C., early Monday; no tsunami threat to British Columbia.
Why it matters
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck offshore west of Vancouver Island early Monday morning. The tremor was centred about 148 kilometres west-southwest of Port Hardy, British Columbia, in one of Canada's most seismically active zones. Officials say there is no tsunami threat to B.C.
Full report
EmergencyInfoBC, the B.C. government's emergency information service, reported the quake at 02:13:40 local time (PDT). Its summary lists the magnitude at 5.2 with a depth of 4.1 kilometres, about 148 km west-southwest of Port Hardy.
The United States Geological Survey placed the same event at 09:13 UTC, about 190 kilometres west-southwest of Port McNeill, at a depth of 10 kilometres, with its reviewed solution confirming magnitude 5.2. Preliminary automated estimates ranged from 4.9 to 5.2 as seismic networks processed the data.
Because the epicentre is offshore and far from population centres, no damage has been reported. EmergencyInfoBC states there is no tsunami threat to British Columbia. The quake occurred along the Pacific margin of western Canada, where the Juan de Fuca Plate subducts beneath the North American Plate.
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