Published: November 17th, 2009 09:27 PM
Last Modified: November 17th, 2009 09:28 PM
PALMER -- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurred at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday off the Queen Charlotte Islands on the west coast of British Columbia.
A spokesman at the Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Guy Urban, said it did not generate a tsunami. He said the quake was reportedly felt in Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, B.C. No reports of damage.
Urban said it was followed six minutes later by a 5.7 magnitude aftershock.
He says such quakes in that remote area are "not unusual."
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