5.7 quake recorded off British Columbia; no tsunami

Published 1:39 pm Saturday, February 4, 2012

SEATTLE — A 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

A National Earthquake Information Center spokesman in Golden, Colo., says there was no danger of a tsunami from the shallow quake.

It occurred at 12:05 p.m. Saturday and was felt by residents in Lopez Island, as well as Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.