Three earthquakes above 5.0 in three hours off Vancouver Island’s west coast

Three earthquakes off the B.C. coast this morning.

The first, measuring 5.2.

The second, measuring 5.6.

And the latest, provisionally measuring 5.8.

The first happened at 8:45am, and the others happened in the past hour. They’re happening around 170 kilometres west of Port Hardy, on the northern tip of Vancouver Island.

This is important: there is no tsunami expected, and there is no reports of damage. 

Let’s get some context on this now - let’s find out how common this kind of activity is - and whether this pattern tells us anything about future seismic events.

Guest: Mika McKinnon

Geophysicist and Disaster Researcher, based in North Vancouver

Three earthquakes off the B.C. coast this morning.

The first, measuring 5.2.

The second, measuring 5.6.

And the latest, provisionally measuring 5.8.

The first happened at 8:45am, and the others happened in the past hour. They’re happening around 170 kilometres west of Port Hardy, on the northern tip of Vancouver Island.

This is important: there is no tsunami expected, and there is no reports of damage. 

Let’s get some context on this now - let’s find out how common this kind of activity is - and whether this pattern tells us anything about future seismic events.

Guest: Mika McKinnon

Geophysicist and Disaster Researcher, based in North Vancouver