Residents in many areas of B.C. reported feeling the effects of a minor earthquake that struck in B.C.’s Coast Mountains, about 220 kilometres north of Vancouver on Sunday afternoon.
Earthquakes Canada says the quake was recorded at 3:23 p.m. PST and registered at a magnitude of 4.9, but so far there are no reports of damage or secondary impacts, such as landslides.
John Cassidy, a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada, says earthquakes are a relatively rare occurrence for the central part of the province’s coastal mountain range, with the last being a 4.1 magnitude quake in 2017.
“It appears to be a relatively shallow earthquake and with a
