337270 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/earthquake-reported-near-tofino-no-tsunami-warning-1.1723706A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook houses in Tofino on Wednesday night, but did not result in a tsunami warning. The quake hit 18 kilometres east of Tofino at 6:02 p.m., at a depth of about 24 kilometres, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Earthquakes Canada reported the temblor as a magnitude-4.6, 14 kilometres east of the municipality.Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:36:00 +0100timescolonist-43659ad80ae5f0eb06dfca96752929b020150108063600http://www.timescolonist.com/earthquake-strikes-off-west-coast-of-vancouver-island-1.1723718TOFINO, B.C. - Houses shook, dishes broke and some residents of Tofino, B.C., thought an explosion or car accident occurred, but there was no tsunami or major damage reported by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake. Earthquakes Canada, the federal agency that monitors the natural phenomenon across the country, said the quake hit just after 6 p.Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:03:00 +0100timescolonist-cd41ece849646f7722f8bfbec97a57da20150108060300http://www.680news.com/2015/01/07/earthquake-strikes-off-west-coast-of-vancouver-island/TOFINO, B.C. – Houses shook, dishes broke and some residents of Tofino, B.C., thought an explosion or car accident occurred, but there was no tsunami or major damage reported by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake. Earthquakes Canada, the federal agency that monitors the natural phenomenon across the country, said the quake hit just after 6 p.Thu, 08 Jan 2015 05:23:00 +0100680news-dfde487fd15507a136aca5ec49bc947a20150108052300http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Earthquake+strikes+west+coast+Vancouver+Island/10710282/story.htmlTOFINO - The federal agency that monitors earthquakes in Canada says a 4.6 magnitude quake has hit off Vancouver Island's west coast. Earthquakes Canada says the quake hit just after 6 p.m. local time about 13 kilometres east of Tofino. The agency says no tsunami is expected and there are no reports of damage.Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:26:00 +0100vancouversun-638e39dee11968798d6522b28b965c8920150108042600