Canada earthquake: Four quakes hit off the coast of British Columbia including 6.8 magnitude tremor

Four earthquakes have hit off the coast of Canada in recent hours, according to the United States Geological Survey.

According to the USGS, the four quakes hit between 5.39am and 6.36am GMT on Monday.

This translates to being from 10.39pm to 11.36pm on PDT, the local time zone in the area.

The largest was 6.8 in magnitude, 197km south west of Port Hardy in British Columbia, with a 6.6 and 6.5 also registered.

Multiple #earthquakes felt in parts of #BC, but no reports of damage or injury.
NO Tsunami threat. RT @USGSBigQuakes: Prelim M6.5 Earthquake Vancouver Island, Canada region Oct-22 06:22 UTC, updates https://t.co/hvAEGnVOmW

— Emergency Info BC (@EmergencyInfoBC)

October 22, 2018

Then the latest was a 4.9 some 223km south west of the same area on Vancouver Island.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quakes and no immediate tsunami warning.

Tsunami Info Stmt: M6.8 130mi SW Port Alice, British Columbia 2317PDT Oct 21: Tsunami NOT expected; CA,OR,WA,BC,and AK

#NTWC

— NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC)

October 22, 2018

The National Tsunami Warning Center tweeted that a tsunami is "not expected."

Emergency Info BC tweeted: "Multiple #earthquakes felt in parts of #BC, but no reports of damage or injury. NO Tsunami threat."