More than 250 people have reported to Earthquakes Canada that they felt the ground shake in Tofino, British Columbia, on Friday.
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The magnitude 4.8 earthquake that hit Vancouver Island on Friday night was strong enough to rattle shelves and worry residents, according to the Vancouver Sun.
The earthquake would have been powerful enough to be felt as far away as Seattle.
John Cassidy, a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada, told the media that the quake happened just offshore, regarding 35 kilometers northwest of Tofino, at a depth of 32 kilometers.
He said the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate lies regarding 30 kilometers below the surface in this area and earthquakes that strike there tend to have very few or no followingshocks.
