5.7 quake recorded off British Columbia, no tsunami

1:34 AM, Feb 5, 2012   |    comments
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SEATTLE - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia on Saturday.

A National Earthquake Information Center geophysicist in Golden, Colo., says there is no danger of a tsunami from the shallow quake. It hit at 12:05 p.m.

Geophysicist Rafael Abreu says he doesn't expect to see damage with this quake based on its distance from shore and the low intensity at which it was felt.

A handful of residents in Lopez Island, Wash., as well as Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, reported feeling it.

The Associated Press