Balance Rock is silhouetted at dusk in Skidegate, B.C., on Haida Gwaii, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

By The Canadian Press

4.2 earthquake shakes off Vancouver Island’s northwest coast

Nov 2, 2026 | 4:25 PM

VANCOUVER — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has rumbled under the Pacific Ocean off the northwestern end of Vancouver Island.

Earthquakes Canada says the quake struck 193 kilometres west of Port Hardy, B.C.

It struck at an underground depth of 10 kilometres at about 1:10 p.m. on Monday.

The quake is the largest among a cluster of recent shakeups in the region.