There is no threat of tsunami after an earthquake off the coast of Vancouver Island. According to Earthquakes Canada, the earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale happened at 2:22 pm, about166 kilometers west of Port Alice.
It was measured at a depth of 10 kilometers, the agency said.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Centre confirmed the earthquake and added that no tsunami is to be expected with this quake. According to Earthquake Canada, the quake wasn’t felt though some Twitter users said they did.
A man named Geoffrey Batchelar was interviewed by CTV News, who said he felt his chair move. “It felt like the chair became a gel bag and I was pushed up like going over a speed bump quickly,” he told the channel, adding that this was the first time ever he had experienced an earthquake.
Any quake with a magnitude of 7 or higher would cause significant damage to large buildings. Most earthquakes in Canada are relatively small, but in the last 100 years, there have been at least nine earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 7. In a dense urban area, a strong quake could cause immense destruction, according to Canadian Red Cross.
