Earthquake near me: USGS registers quake off Vancouver Island

No harm was reported after an earthquake shook components of Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s Decrease Mainland on Thursday morning.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported the magnitude 4.0 quake struck shortly after 4 a.m. within the Haro Strait between the Saanich Peninsula and San Juan Island.

The USGS estimated the quake struck at a depth of 52 kilometres and didn’t set off a tsunami alert.

Earthquakes Canada says lots of of residents in Better Victoria and Vancouver reported feeling the shaking, whereas lots of extra reported it to U.S. authorities.

Many individuals in B.C. and Washington state took to social media shortly after the quake hit, with some saying it jolted them off the bed.

Final month, the federal and provincial governments introduced that an early detection system had been activated in B.C. to offer a couple of seconds of discover forward of doubtless damaging earthquake tremors.

When a powerful sufficient earthquake is detected, alerts might be transmitted mechanically to British Columbians through cellphones, radio and televisions, officers stated.

The warning system is predicted to be expanded later this 12 months to components of Quebec and Ontario.