Strong earthquakes strike off Vancouver Island; no tsunami warnings issued
Oct. 22, 2018 Updated Mon., Oct. 22, 2018 at 7:11 a.m.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded three earthquakes above magnitude 6.0 Sunday evening about a 100 miles off the coast of Vancouver Island.
The strongest quake was magnitude-6.8 and occurred at 10:16 p.m.
The Vancouver Sun reported that there was no damage reported and there were no tsunami warnings issued.
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