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No tsunami threat to B.C. coast following 7.8-magnitude quake off Russia
CBC News, RCI
Tsunami advisory still in place for parts of Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
Provincial officials say there is no tsunami threat to B.C.’s coast following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the Pacific Basin near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday.
Earlier Thursday, a tsunami advisory had been issued for the Aleutian Islands and Amchitka Pass off Alaska’s coast.
The quake struck about 410 kilometres southwest of Bering Island, Russia, at 11:58 a.m. PT.
According to EmergencyInfoBC, there is no threat to B.C.’s coastline as of 1:08 p.m. PT.
It comes about seven weeks after much of the B.C. coast was placed under a tsunami advisory following a massive 8.8-magnitude quake in the same area off Russia, one of the eight most powerful earthquakes recorded since 1900.
CBC News with files from The Canadian Press
This article is republished from RCI.
