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A trio of strong earthquakes struck off the Canadian coast near Vancouver Island Sunday night, the biggest of which was 6.8 magnitude.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the largest of the three magnitude 6 tremors struck at a depth of about 6 miles some 150 miles west of Tofino, Canada.
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Geophysicist Amy Vaughan says the three large quakes ranged from magnitude 6.5 to 6.8 and that there were possibly some smaller ones as well as some aftershocks. Vaughan says the quakes were lightly felt onshore and that as of now no injuries were reported.
The National Tsunami Warning Center tweeted that a tsunami is “not expected.”
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