Yet another 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Vancouver Island

A Canadian official told KING 5 that the swarm of earthquakes is “quite normal” for the region.

TOFINO, BC — The active earthquake zone continues to shake in the waters off Vancouver Island.

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded on Friday morning, just a day after a flurry of quakes in the same area of the ocean on Wednesday and Thursday.

As with the many other earthquakes nearby, no tsunami alert of any kind was issued for Friday’s quake.

The swarm of earthquakes is concentrated “near the intersection of the northern Juan de Fuca Spreading Ridge, the Sovanco Fracture Zone, and the

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