Thursday, February 16, 2023

4.6 Magnitude quake offshore Vancouver Island, No Tsunami warning generated


Another temblor off of the Northwest coast of Vancouver Island generated 4.6 magnitude of seismic activity on Thursday evening, the event located 180 km west of Port McNeill.

The quake was recorded at 10:55 PM BC Time with a depth of 10 kilometre.

There was no Tsunami warning generated by the event with Emergency Management BC issuing the all Clear shortly after 11 PM


The area in question, has seen frequent seismic events of similar size in recent months.

You can review our archive of notes on Earthquakes along the BC coast and Southeast Alaska here.

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