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Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes off British Columbia, Canada, USGS says

By Reuters

September 16, 2024 at 12:00:01 PM

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the coastal city of Port McNeill, in British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said.

The quake's epicenter in the Pacific Ocean was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) below the seabed, the USGS said.

The U.S. National Tsunami Center did not issue a tsunami warning after the earthquake.

(Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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