Vancouver Island rocked by 5.4 earthquake after Alaska sees 7.8 tremors

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Vancouver Island rocked by 5.4 earthquake after Alaska sees 7.8 tremors
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A MASSIVE 5.4 magnitude earthquake has rocked the west coast of Canada hours after Alaska was shaken by 7.8 mega-tremors. The major shaker erupted around 155 miles (250km) west of Vancouver Island …

A MASSIVE 5.4 magnitude earthquake has rocked the west coast of Canada hours after Alaska was shaken by 7.8 mega-tremors.The huge 6.2 earthquake erupted near Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada

There are no reports of damage or injures caused by the earthquake which happened at a depth of 10 miles . The US Geological Survey, initially reported the magnitude to be 6.2 but have now downgraded it to 5.4.However, the warning - which was called for South Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands - was cancelled early this morning only two hours after the tremors.Both the shakes in Vancouver and Alaska happened within the infamous 'There are 452 volcanoes based in the 25,000-mile ring that stretches from North and South America to Japan and New Zealand.

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