A magnitude 6 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of British Columbia in western Canada on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with no casualties or damage reported. .
The earthquake of magnitude 6 according to USGS took place around 08:55 (15:55 GMT) and occurred more than 230 km west of Port McNeill, on Vancouver Island, at a depth of 7.3 km.
Recurring event
"
We don't expect...there will be a tsunami because we haven't received any warning about it
," Brindley Smith, seismologist with Earthquakes Canada, told AFP. , specifying not to expect that buildings will be damaged either.
The region experiences smaller earthquakes several times a year, he added.
“
Something approaching magnitude 6 is a bit more unusual, but nothing to worry about
,” he said.