Magnitude 4.9 earthquake reported off northwestern Vancouver Island
PORT HARDY, B.C. — An earthquake has jolted the area off northwestern Vancouver Island, the second since Wednesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 4.9 quake occurred at 4:28 (PT) Friday morning.
It was centred 158 kilometres southwest of Port Hardy in the waters off the west coast of the Island and was at a depth of 10 kilometres.
The Friday morning quake follows a 4.4 temblor off western Vancouver Island and a 4.2 quake in Washington State, southwest of Seattle, both on Wednesday night.