CHRISTMAS QUAKES

Things are ‘all shook up’ on the west side of the country, but there have been no reports of damage after a series of earthquakes in the Vancouver Island region. In total, there have been nine earthquakes recorded in the area in the past three days.

Christmas day’s quakes west of Port Alice and Port Hardy registered as magnitudes 3.6 and 4.9, respectively.

The strongest one was Monday, registering as magnitude six.