A magnitude 4.8 earthquake off Vancouver Island on Wednesday was followed by a second one of the same magnitude in the same location just over eight hours later.
The first quake was recorded at 2:46 p.m., 191 kilometres west of Port Alice, while the second was at 11:06 p.m.
The quakes were too small to create a tsunami risk, said Natural Resources Canada seismologist John Cassidy. There were no reports of damage, or of the earthquake being felt.
The earthquakes struck at five kilometres deep.
