4.3 earthquake just before 2 PM Dec 20 |
4.7 earthquake just before 6 PM Dec 20 |
An area North of Port Hardy and Southwest of Bella Bella was the epicentre of moderate earthquake this afternoon, with a 4.3 magnitude earthquake recorded by the USGS at just before 2 PM this afternoon.
The quake located 162 km SW of Bella Bella was listed with a depth of 10 km.
It is the latest temblor to be felt along the fault lines off shore in recent weeks.
No Tsunami warning was issued as a result of today's seismic event.
The First quake was followed by a Second one, reported just before 6 PM, initially reported to have had a magnitude of 5.1, later revised to 4.7, located slightly further offshore at 196 km SW of Bella Bella, it also had a depth of 10 km.
Again No Tsunami warning was generated by that event/
You can review past events from our archive page here.
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