5.1 earthquake shakes Vancouver, Victoria and other southwest B.C. cities [Video]

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

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has rocked Vancouver, Victoria and other cites on B.C.’s southwest coast, with residents near the centre describing the shaking as “wild” and like a truck crash.

Natural Resources Canada said the quake was centred 24 kilometres north-northeast of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast, which would put the quake roughly 60 or 70 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.

It said the quake occurred at 1:26 p.m. local time on Friday, at a depth of about 1 kilometre, and there were no immediate reports of damage.

The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said there was no risk of a tsunami.

Karen Weissenborn was working at a gift store in Sechelt when the earthquake …