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5.5-magnitude earthquake hits off west coast of vancouver island

by tiffany crawford
published aug 01, 2026
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an earthquake hit off the west coast of vancouver island friday night, the second moderate shaker in the area in a week.
the 5.5-magnitude quake struck shortly before 10 p.m., about 181 kilometres southwest of port hardy, according to earthquakes canada.
there were reports of shaking as far away as victoria but no reports of damage.
source: usgs
source: usgs
the last earthquake in the area was a week ago on sunday, july 19 and was a magnitude 5.6 quake. it also struck under the ocean at a depth of 10 kilometres, about 219 kilometres southwest of port hardy.
there were reports of shaking but no damage.
ticrawford@postmedia.com
 
tiffany crawford
tiffany crawford

i have been working as a print reporter for nearly 16 years at the vancouver sun, but i started my career in broadcast journalism in 2001, working for the radio arm of the canadian press called broadcast news in vancouver. still a green reporter, i was sent off to cover the 2003 firestorm in kelowna. i loved my job at cp but i had itchy travel feet. so, i ventured off to china and then to spain before heading back to vancouver.

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