PORT ALICE (NEWS1130) – A magnitude-6.3 earthquake has struck off the coast of Vancouver Island.

The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says no tsunami is expected after the quake hit around 6 p.m. PT, about 136 kilometres southwest of Port Alice. The agency says the quake was recorded at a depth of about 43.5 kilometres.

No injuries have been reported.

News1130 spoke with locals who say they didn’t feel anything; that includes Councillor Janice Macleod. She’s concerned the village has had no notification from anywhere about this latest quake.

“Generally, they send out an automated alert and with the last earthquake at Haidi Gwaii, we didn’t get any information for well over an hour, an hour and half,” notes Macleod.

The West Coast continues to experience earthquakes and aftershocks following a magnitude-7.7 quake that struck Haida Gwaii on Oct. 27. Nobody was injured in that incident but the shaking managed to turn off the taps of some natural hot springs.

On Sunday, a magnitude-5.2 quake was recorded 90 kilometres southeast of Sandspit, on Haida Gwaii.