Shaking felt on Vancouver Island after earthquake strikes off coast of Tofino
It’s the second day in a row an earthquake has occurred in the same region off Vancouver Island, with a magnitude 4 shaker recorded just after 5 a.m. Thursday. That quake struck a bit farther away about 300 kilometres southwest of Tofino.
Cassidy says people reported feeling the earthquake across much of Vancouver Island and as far south as Seattle, WA.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.He tells CHEK News that the lack of aftershocks is likely related to the earthquake’s depth. McEwen says it may be time for Ucluelet to run another drill practicing where people should go after an earthquake, as it has been several years.
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