Tsunami warning in B.C. after earthquake

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Calgary Herald - 10/28/12, By Kirstin Endemann, The Ottawa Citizen

 

Tsunami warning in B.C. after earthquake
 

A tsunami warning is in effect for the British Columbia coast after a 7.1 earthquake struck the Queen Charlotte Islands region at about 8 p.m. local time Saturday night. Photograph by: Image courtesy , Earthquake Canada
 

OTTAWA — A tsunami warning is in effect for the British Columbia coast after a major magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Queen Charlotte Islands region at 8:04 p.m. local time Saturday night.
 

But a National Research Council spokesperson said the coast will probably not see waves of the magnitude experienced in Japan in 2011.

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