By Grant Warkentin
There won’t be a tsunami hitting BC’s coastlines after a 7.7 magnitude quake in Japan early this morning.
The US Geological Survey says there’s no risk on this coast from the Japanese quake.
However, Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued an advisory for the country’s northern regions, warning they could experience a “mega-quake” in the coming days, with the risk elevated from the normal 0.1% to 1%.
There was a local tsunami warning for Japan and waves up to 76 centimetres (2.5 feet) were observed in some areas, but no significant damage or injuries were reported from the offshore quake, which happened at a depth of 35 kilometres.
A similar-sized earthquake hit Japan’s northern regions on December 8 last year, 137 km north-northwest of today’s quake. Last year’s event resulted in at least 32 injuries and 4,000 buildings damaged.
Earlier this month there was a 4.2 magnitude quake detected off the BC coast near Port Hardy, at a depth of 10 metres. No damage or injuries were reported.
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