Important Takeaways:

• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the southern tip of British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii around 3:30 p.m. local time on Sunday afternoon.
• The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the M6.5 quake was centered about 265 km south of Prince Rupert, B.C., and it occurred at a depth of 33 km beneath the surface.
• The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said that there was no threat of a tsunami from this earthquake.
• Due to the earthquake’s offshore epicenter and steep depth, there were few reports of shaking felt on land.
• This region is highly susceptible to seismic activity due to the faulting in the region. The largest earthquake in recent memory to strike near Sunday’s temblor was a magnitude 7.8 that occurred on October 27, 2012.

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