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Three earthquakes have now hit the coast of British Columbia, all within the span of three hours.
The first earthquake registered as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake and occurred at 8:44 am PST. The second was a magnitude 5.6 earthquake and occurred at 11:13 am PST.
Now, at 11:49 am PST, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck the coast of Vancouver Island.
The US Geological Survey says that the third quake had an epicentre 170 km west of Port Hardy, and 332 km west-northwest of Tofino.
Similar to this morningâs quakes, the depth of the earthquake was 10 km. A tsunami is also not expected.
Tsunami Info Stmt: M5.8 120mi NW Port Alice, British Columbia 1150PST Dec 23: Tsunami NOT expected
— NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) December 23, 2019
While thousands of earthquakes occur in British Columbia every year, only a small fraction of them have a magnitude of 3.0 and over.
On July 3, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the same area as the quakes that took place this morning…
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