Earthquake off Vancouver Island
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August 28th, 2008
An earthquake off Canada’s west coast has shaken the area around Vancouver Island. The quake Thursday is the latest in a series of coastal tremors since Monday.
Garry Rogers of the Geological Survey of Canada said the latest quake had a magnitude of 6.1, with its epicentre 157 kilometres west of Port Hardy, off the north coast of Vancouver Island.
This follows two quakes on Wednesday in the same area, both with magnitudes of about five, and several other tremors earlier in the week.
Mr. Rogers said the shaking is happening in an active geological region that often produces swarms of quakes, although he calls this one of the more “vigorous swarms” in the past few years.
He said the quakes are so far offshore that it is likely no one felt them, and they are too small to trigger a tsunami.
Mr. Rogers said this is normal activity for the region and there’s nothing to be alarmed about.
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