A small earthquake rattled residents along B.C.'s south coast Tuesday morning.The Pacific Geoscience Centre in Victoria reports a 2.9 magnitude shaker occurred in the southern Georgia Strait at 6:47 a.m.
The quake was centred in the ocean off Galiano Island, 19 kilometres west of the Vancouver suburb of Tsawwassen.
Residents to the west on Salt Spring Island and in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, reported feeling the jolt. No damage was reported.
Residents to the west on Salt Spring Island and in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, reported feeling the jolt. No damage was reported.
Another 3.2 magnitude quake occurred last Tuesday, deep below the U.S. San Juan Islands, just south of the latest tremor, and was lightly felt across Greater Victoria and the southern Gulf Islands.
Some residents of the south coast of B.C. woke up to a bit of shaking Friday after another magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit the Puget Sound area of Washington state around 5:25 a.m. PT.
There are no reports of damage but people reported feeling the earth move as far away as Victoria and Metro Vancouver's North Shore.
Victoria area resident Margaret Smart was one. "There was this definite movement, the bed moving and this sharp jolt," she told CBC Radio.
Stephan Mazzotti, a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada, said the earthquake was not large enough to cause any damage, nor is it an indication of a larger one to come.
"It's pretty usual for earthquakes in that area — there are quite a lot of earthquakes in Washington state," he said. "And you'll remember in 2001 there was a fairly large earthquake, not too far from there that created some damage."
There are no reports of damage but people reported feeling the earth move as far away as Victoria and Metro Vancouver's North Shore.
Victoria area resident Margaret Smart was one. "There was this definite movement, the bed moving and this sharp jolt," she told CBC Radio.
Stephan Mazzotti, a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada, said the earthquake was not large enough to cause any damage, nor is it an indication of a larger one to come.
"It's pretty usual for earthquakes in that area — there are quite a lot of earthquakes in Washington state," he said. "And you'll remember in 2001 there was a fairly large earthquake, not too far from there that created some damage."