A 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck near Russia’s far eastern Kuril Islands on Wednesday triggered a tsunami warning for the closest shores but did not pose a threat to British Columbia, according to B.C.
emergency officials. Emergency Info BC had originally tweeted about the quake and said to “standby for B.C. specific info” but a few moments later tweeted that it posed “no threat to B.C.” No threat to #BC.
https://t.co/SD2QC56d57 — Emergency Info BC (@EmergencyInfoBC) March 25, 2020 The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 219 kilometres south-southeast of Severo on the Kuril chain north of Japan.
It was 56 kilometres deep. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said hazardous tsunami waves were possible within 1,000 kilometres of