No tsunami threat to B.C. after 4.3-magnitude earthquake in California

Emergency Info BC says there’s no tsunami threat to B.C. after an earthquake hit inland California Wednesday (Jan. 21).

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit about 128 kilometres northwest of El Centro, Calif. and about 193 kilometres east of Los Angeles, just after 12:30 a.m., according to the National Weather Service’s U.S. Tsunami Warning System. It was at a depth of approximately six kilometres.

More than 1,400 people reported feeling the earthquake.

It was initially reported as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake, but was slightly downgraded.