6.7 magnitude earthquake rocks British Columbia (April 23, 2014)

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Vancouver Island. usgs.gov reports it was 94km south of Port Hardy, Canada and occurred at 2014-04-23 20:10:13 UTC-07:00.

So far no reports of injuries or risk of tsunami.

Canada’s 10 largest earthquakes in recorded history have been:

1 – 1700/01/26 9.0 Cascadia subduction zone, British Columbia.

2 – 1949/08/22 8.1 Offshore Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

3 – 1970/06/24 7.4 South of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

4 – 1933/11/20 7.3 Baffin Bay, Northwest Territories.

5 – 1946/06/23 7.3 Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

6 – 1929/11/18 7.2 Grand Banks south of Newfoundland.

7 – 1929/05/26 7.0 South of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

8 – 1663/02/05 7.0 Charlevoix, Quebec.

9 – 1985/12/23 6.9 Nahanni region, Northwest Territories.

10 – 1918/12/06 6.9 Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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Sources:

1. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

2. http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca