5.1 Earthquake Shakes Vancouver, Victoria and Other Southwest BC Cities

A bulk carrier cargo ship travels into port as a Harbour Air seaplane flies towards Stanley Park and the downtown skyline in Vancouver on July 27, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has shaken Vancouver, Victoria and other cites on B.C.’s southwest coast.

Natural Resources Canada says the quake was centred 24 kilometres north-northeast of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast.