An earthquake measuring 6 has shaken the seabed a few hundred kilometres off Vancouver Island.
The National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska says a dangerous wave is not expected from the quake.
The U.S. Geological Survey website shows the quake was only lightly felt in areas ranging from Port Hardy, just over 200 kilometres from the epicentre, to Kitimat, more than 500 kilometres away.
Earthquakes Canada estimated the quake that happened at about 8 a.m. local time was magnitude 5.8, while the tsunami warning centre said it reached 6.2.
The earthquake was centred along the eastern edge of the Juan de Fuca plate off Vancouver Island….