The powerful seismic event at 9:30 pm PST Wednesday had an epicentre 340 km south-southwest of Kitimat, in an area of ocean between northern Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii.
The epicentre was also near the fault line that divides the Explorer Plate and the North American Plate. The depth of the earthquake was very shallow at only 10 km.
No tsunami warning has been issued.
Thousands of earthquake occur in the province every year, but only a small fraction have a magnitude of 3.0 and over.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 and over is considered as a seismic event with destructive potency, especially if it hit with a shallow depth near major population centres.
The epicentre of this evening’s earthquake was over 600 kms from Victoria and Vancouver.
Contrast tonight’s seismic event with the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, which had an epicentre in southern Puget Sound in an area 60 km southwest of Seattle. Even though the earthquake had a deep depth of 57 kms, it still created approximately USD$2 billion in damage, caused 400 injuries and one death, and was felt in Vancouver.
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