VANCOUVER — A moderate earthquake has occurred off northwest Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Island but emergency officials in British Columbia say it has not produced a tsunami.
Earthquakes Canada says the magnitude 5.4 quake struck at 4:33 a.m. and was centred 285 kilometres west of Campbell River.
The U.S. Geological Survey website shows the shaker could have been lightly felt on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Island but would not have been powerful enough to cause damage.
Just hours earlier, at 11:13 p.m. PT, an unrelated but much more powerful earthquake occurred off Alaska.
The 7.8 magnitude quake, centred in waters south of the Alaska Peninsula, caused a brief tsunami warning for that area but produced a wave no higher than 30 centimetres.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the shaker, strongly felt 800 kilometres away in Anchorage, has been followed by a cluster of aftershocks, but there are no reports of damage.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 22, 2020
— With files from the Associated Press
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