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Three strong earthquakes struck early Saturday off the B.C. coast, about 230 kilometres north-northwest of Port Hardy, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The first occurred at 2:39 a.m. PT and had a magnitude of 5.6. That was followed by a pair of quakes, one recorded at 3:01 a.m. and another at 3:44 a.m. Both had a magnitude of 6.5.

All three were recorded in the same area, at a depth of about 10 kilometres.

The quakes were felt by some residents of Bella Bella and residents of northern Vancouver Island and the southern regions of the Queen Charlotte Islands. There were no reports of damage.

The Alaska and West Coast Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami was not expected for coastal regions.

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