National

5.4 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles In Ocean Off Vancouver Island's West Coast; No Damage Reported

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Jan, 2015 02:52 PM

VANCOUVER — A 5.4 magnitude earthquake has struck 211 kilometres west of northern Vancouver Island.

The federal agency that monitors earthquakes in Canada says no damage was reported or expected by the early morning event off Port Hardy.

The federal agency that monitors earthquakes says the tremor was felt slightly in the island city of Campbell River and the Metro Vancouver city of New Westminster.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck 517 kilometres northwest of Vancouver Island this past weekend.

Earthquakes Canada reported five earthquakes off B.C.'s coast the weekend of Dec. 20 and Dec. 21.

Earthquakes are common off the B.C. coast, where the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate meets the Pacific tectonic plate, but few are large enough to be felt by humans.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Canada Won't Be Cowed By Terrorist Attack: PM Stephen Harper

OTTAWA - The gunman who staged a deadly attack Wednesday on Parliament Hill was a terrorist whose despicable crime will only harden Canada's resolve to crack down on terrorists at home and abroad, Stephen Harper says.

Canada Won't Be Cowed By Terrorist Attack: PM Stephen Harper

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau Named As Ottawa Shooter Who Killed Corporal Nathan Cirillo

U.S. officials name the dead Ottawa shooting suspect as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian born in 1982. He shot reserve soldier Corporal Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial before running inside Parliament and exchanging gunfire with guards

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau Named As Ottawa Shooter Who Killed Corporal Nathan Cirillo

Winnipeg Police Charge Woman With Concealing Remains Of Six Dead Babies

WINNIPEG - Police have charged a woman who was renting a storage locker where the remains of six babies were found, but they say it could be months before they know who the infants were or how they died.

Winnipeg Police Charge Woman With Concealing Remains Of Six Dead Babies

No threat but Toronto police step up presence after deadly attack in Ottawa

TORONTO - Toronto's chief of police says officers in the country's largest city will be more visible today as a result of this week's attacks on soldiers in Ottawa and Quebec.

No threat but Toronto police step up presence after deadly attack in Ottawa

Shooting spurs fresh concerns about security on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - The fatal shooting of a soldier at the National War Memorial and the subsequent gunfire on Parliament Hill on Wednesday have renewed concerns about security in the capital.