6.2 Magnitude Quake Recorded Off British Columbia Coast

Yakima Herald-Republic, Yakima Herald-Republic
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 8:21am

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.2 earthquake off the west coast of Canada on Monday night is an aftershock of the magnitude 7.7 quake that struck Saturday night. A geophysicist says the agency had no immed

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