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6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northwest Off Canada's Vancouver Island - USGS

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According to the United States Geological Survey, a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 04.07.2019, Sputnik International

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6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northwest Off Canada's Vancouver Island - USGS

04:38 GMT 04.07.2019 (Updated: 04:58 GMT 04.07.2019)

A geologist looks at a screen showing the seismograph reading of the powerful earthquake - Sputnik International

According to the United States Geological Survey, a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The epicentre was about 225 km northwest of Port Hardy at a depth of 10 km.

USGS
M6.2 #earthquake! Preliminary
Depth: 12.0 km
Thu Jul 04 00:30:47 GMT-04:00 2019
Near 170km WSW of Bella Bella, #Canada https://t.co/b73lTEpnjf pic.twitter.com/gRxXpXChvn
— T ∃ S L A (@Discloser1) July 4, 2019

There was no tsunami warning and there weren't any immediate reports of damage or casualties resulting from the quake.