M4.6 and M5.5 earthquakes hit off Vancouver Island near Cascadia Subduction Zone – Meanwhile another M6.4 earthquake hits the Philippines after deadly M6.1 on Easter Monday
StrangeSounds.org
Apr 23, 2019
A tsunami is not expected after two small earthquakes struck within two hours of each other off the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. The first M4.6 quake struck at around 1:27 p.m. about 166 kilometres (103 miles) west of Port Alice at a depth of 3km (1.9 miles). Then at 2:44 p.m., a second M5.5 earthquake registering at magnitude 5.3 struck 189 kilometres (117 miles) west of Port Alice at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles). Meanwhile, a M6.4 earthquake hit the Philippines just a few hours after the deadly M6.1 earthquake on Easter Monday.
M4.6 and M5.5 earthquakes off Vancouver Island
Officials say a pair of earthquakes off Vancouver Island on Monday were not expected to produce tsunamis.
The first quake registered a magnitude of 4.6, and happened just before 1:30 p.m. PT, about 166 km west of Port Alice. The agency said the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km.
The second quake happened at about 2:45 p.m. PT, about 190 km west of Port Alice.
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