No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.8-magnitude quake off Russia
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VANCOUVER – Authorities say there is no tsunami risk to British Columbia’s coast after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the same area hit in July by one of the biggest quakes ever recorded.
The risk to B.C. had been under assessment after the quake struck around 11:58 a.m., Pacific time.
The National Tsunami Warning Center says while a tsunami advisory is in effect for the Aleutian Islands and Amchitka Pass off Alaska’s coast, no other areas of the Pacific coast of B.C. or the United States face a threat.
It says that while there is a risk of a tsunami close to the source of the quake, it is too early to say if Hawaii is threatened.
The quake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, at a depth of about 10 kilometres.
It comes about seven weeks after much of the B.C. coast was placed under a tsunami advisory following a massive 8.8-magnitude tremor in the same area off Russia, one of the eight most powerful earthquakes recorded since 1900.
This report by The Canadian Press was first reported Sept. 18, 2025.