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3 Earthquakes Recorded Off BC's West Coast This Weekend

Monday, March 13, 2023 at 7:31 AM

By Jay Herrington

(PHOTO Earthquakes Canada)

There were a pair of earthquakes off the coast of British Columbia over the weekend.

Thankfully, both were minor.

Earthquakes Canada says the first registered as a 3.8-magnitude quake and struck late Saturday night on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii.

Approximately 8:36 a.m. on Sunday, Earthquakes Canada tweeted about an “automatic detection of seismic event.”

It was recorded as a 4.2 magnitude incident in the Port Hardy region, however no other details have been released.

At 8:31 a.m. on Sunday, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 241 kilometres southwest of Port Alice, off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

The earthquake happened at a depth of 10 kilometres.

There were no reports of damage or injury.

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