No tsunami threat to B.C. coast after magnitude-7.8 quake off Russia

Emergency info B.C. says there is no threat of tsunami after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Basin near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

The risk to B.C. had been under assessment after the quake struck just before noon Pacific time.

The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center says while a tsunami advisory is in effect for the Aleutian Islands and Amchitka Pass off Alaska’s coast, no other areas of the Pacific coast of B.C. or the United States face a threat.

It says that while there is a risk of a tsunami close to the source of the quake, it is too early to say if Hawaii is threatened.

The quake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, at a depth of about 10 kilometres.

In July, that region saw an earthquake that prompted tsunami warnings and advisories across much of the Pacific, including in B.C. That 8.8-magnitude quake was one of the eight most powerful earthquakes recorded since 1900.

Small quake felt on Vancouver Island earlier Thursday

Earthquakes Canada says a 3.0-magnitude earthquake hit 16 kilometres southwest of Duncan on Vancouver Island around 5 a.m. Thursday. The quake was lightly felt in the area, according to reports to the agency.

With files from The Canadian Press.

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