House ‘shuddered’ as small earthquake strikes near Tofino, B.C.
People living in parts of Vancouver Island felt the ground shake on Friday evening as a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Tofino, B.C.
According to Earthquakes Canada, the “lightly felt” quake happened at about 7:50 p.m. PT, about 34 kilometres northwest of Tofino.
No damage has been reported, and a tsunami is not expected.
Former Tofino mayor and current Minister of Land, Water & Resource Stewardship Josie Osborne tweeted that her “whole house shuddered” during the quake.
Wow! Felt that 4.8M earthquake here in #Tofino just a few minutes ago. The whole house shuddered.Another good reminder to #beprepared. ➡️ https://t.co/GDwtPp60mi
Wow! Felt that 4.8M earthquake here in Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Wow! Felt that 4.8M earthquake here in #Tofino just a few minutes ago. The whole house shuddered.Another good reminder to #beprepared. ➡️ https://t.co/GDwtPp60mi / Twitter” just a few minutes ago. The whole house shuddered.
Another good reminder to Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Wow! Felt that 4.8M earthquake here in #Tofino just a few minutes ago. The whole house shuddered.Another good reminder to #beprepared. ➡️ https://t.co/GDwtPp60mi / Twitter”. ➡️ Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Wow! Felt that 4.8M earthquake here in #Tofino just a few minutes ago. The whole house shuddered.Another good reminder to #beprepared. ➡️ https://t.co/GDwtPp60mi / Twitter”
— Josie Osborne (@Josie_Osborne) Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Wow! Felt that 4.8M earthquake here in #Tofino just a few minutes ago. The whole house shuddered.Another good reminder to #beprepared. ➡️ https://t.co/GDwtPp60mi / Twitter”
Thanks @TofinoCA for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: https://t.co/SWYNxdhhKI #tsunami #beprepared pic.twitter.com/rOwlzxVYb4
Thanks Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Thanks @TofinoCA for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: https://t.co/SWYNxdhhKI #tsunami #beprepared pic.twitter.com/rOwlzxVYb4 / Twitter” for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Thanks @TofinoCA for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: https://t.co/SWYNxdhhKI #tsunami #beprepared pic.twitter.com/rOwlzxVYb4 / Twitter” Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Thanks @TofinoCA for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: https://t.co/SWYNxdhhKI #tsunami #beprepared pic.twitter.com/rOwlzxVYb4 / Twitter” Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Thanks @TofinoCA for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: https://t.co/SWYNxdhhKI #tsunami #beprepared pic.twitter.com/rOwlzxVYb4 / Twitter” Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Thanks @TofinoCA for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: https://t.co/SWYNxdhhKI #tsunami #beprepared pic.twitter.com/rOwlzxVYb4 / Twitter”
— Josie Osborne (@Josie_Osborne) Josie Osborne on Twitter: “Thanks @TofinoCA for the alert of NO TSUNAMI WARNING! Anyone who lives in Tofino or visits the West Coast can sign up for alerts here: https://t.co/SWYNxdhhKI #tsunami #beprepared pic.twitter.com/rOwlzxVYb4 / Twitter”
Osborne also reminded local residents to sign up for tsunami alerts.
Friday’s shake followed a 4.0-magnitude quake on Thursday, about 288 kilometres southwest of Tofino.
A red star on a map shows the approximate location of an earthquake on Nov. 25, 2022. (Earthquakes Canada)
Thumbnail image: A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Nov. 25, 2022 to the northwest of Tofino. (fokke baarssen/Shutterstock)
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