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At least two earthquakes of magnitudes 6.7 to 7.0 have struck off the Canadian province of British Columbia this morning.

The first was reported by the United States Geological Survey at around 6.30pm UK time - 10.30pm local time.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which hit at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) about 190 km (117 miles) southwest of Port Hardy, a town on the northeast end of Vancouver island.

And there was no immediate tsunami warning.

The larger quake occurred around an hour later about 20km off Vancouver Island and is shallower at around 10km deep.

Again there is no report of any tsunami.