A measurement 6.5 quake struck off the southerly suggestion of British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii round 3:30 p.m. regional time on Sunday mid-day.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the M6.5 quake was centered regarding 265 kilometres south of Prince Rupert, B.C., and it occurred at a deepness of 33 kilometres beneath the floor space.
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The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center acknowledged that there was no hazard of a tidal wave from this quake.
Due to the quake’s abroad epicentre and excessive deepness, there have been couple of data of trembling actually felt ashore.
Sunday’s quake struck alongside the Queen Charlotte Fault, which is a strike-slip border in between the Pacific Plate and North American Plate.
This space is extraordinarily liable to seismic process because of the faulting within the space. The largest quake in present reminiscence to strike near Sunday’s temblor was a measurement 7.8 that occurred on October 27, 2012.
Aftershocks are most definitely within the hours and days adhering to Sunday’s quake.
