Vancouver Island Earthquake
April 24, 2014 by staff
Vancouver Island Earthquake, A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island, but no major damage has been reported.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was about 94 kilometres south of Port Hardy in the ocean and was at a depth of 10 kilometres.
Emergency Management B.C. says there is no tsunami warning for the West Coast, including B.C.
People in Port Hardy reported the ground shook for more than 35 seconds, and groceries fell off the shelves of the local Overwaitea store, said Global News.
Pamela Shea, who was working at the Airport Inn in Port Hardy, said feeling the rolling motion due to the quake was “pretty scary.”
“Oh goodness, yes. Oh goodness, yes,” she repeated when asked if she felt the quake. “My chair was rolling back and forth, the bottles were rattling.”
“It was really kind of scary,” Shelley Siemens, who lives in Port Hardy, told The Vancouver Sun. “I was in my bathroom and I have glass sliding doors – I thought they were going to come right out,” said Siemens.
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