The tsunami warning issued for the British Columbia coast after a major magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Queen Charlotte Islands region, has been downgraded to an advisory.
The earthquake occurred at 8:04 p.m. local time on Saturday night, 198 kilometres south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 10 km in a seismically active region, said the U.S. Geological Survey and Earthquakes Canada, who measured the quake at a magnitude of 7.7.