6.4 magnitude earthquake hits off Vancouver Island, prompting some local shake alerts

No tsunami risk is expected per the NWS, but some parts of western Washington got shake alerts from the earthquake.

TOFINO, BC — After a series of seismic activity off the coast of Vancouver Island last week, the largest earthquake of 2024 in the region struck Thursday morning.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck about 120 miles southwest of Port Alice in British Columbia just after 8 a.m. Thursday, per the United States Geological Survey (USGS). It is the largest earthquake to strike the region in 2024 to date.

This comes after a flurry of smaller earthquakes were recorded in the same relative area out

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