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Vancouver Island Earthquake: 5.7 Earthquake Recorded Off Vancouver Island Coast, No Tsunami

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First Posted: 02/ 4/2012 4:42 pm Updated: 02/ 4/2012 9:40 pm

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AP -- A 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

A National Earthquake Information Center spokesman in Golden, Colo., says there was no danger of a tsunami from the shallow quake.

It occurred at 12:05 p.m. Saturday and was felt by residents in Lopez Island, Wash., as well as Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia.

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AP -- A 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A National Earthquake Information Center spokesman in Golden, Colo., s...
AP -- A 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A National Earthquake Information Center spokesman in Golden, Colo., s...
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rodjard
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02:06 PM on 02/05/2012
Vancouver couls fall into the ocean and still the headlines would
be aboutthe rediculous republican primary.
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pacifictrail
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06:36 PM on 02/04/2012
I live in Ucluelet about 100 miles from the Epicenter and did not feel a thing. As it was a shallow earthquake i think it is very unlikely that anyone in Victoria or Vancouver felt a thing either.
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therainisgone
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04:54 PM on 02/04/2012
makes the idea of building LNG time bombs in kitimat something to reconsider
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portsport
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04:50 PM on 02/04/2012
I live on northern Vancouver Island and didn't feel a thing.
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cdnman
Still a free spirit...
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06:35 PM on 02/04/2012
Not that big a deal, just something for the media to babble on about.
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