Earthquake in Western BC

Today shortly after 8PM my husband noticed a slight movement of the blinds, and suspected the heat of the radiators causing it. Seconds later my iPhone app signaled an earthquake warning, but it does this all the time as it reports major geological events from around the world. However, something made him look at my phone, to which he usually never pays attention, and he discovered this:

Then, we got a news flash from a German broadcasting app, and the first emails coming in to ask if we were ok. It was surreal to find that no Canadian broadcaster seemed to find this worth reporting instantly. We turned on the TV but couldn't find a channel where the current events were reported, so we focused on surfing the net for information.

While US Geological Service reported a magnitude of 7.7, Earthquake Canada stated 7.1. Not sure which one is right, I trust it's the USGS. It's a major quake and it will likely cause a Tsunami.

Google meanwhile issued a tsunami warning for the North Western part of British Columbia. Another warning could be found on the website of the Canadian Weather Office. The region that is going to be affected is a relatively sparsely populated area but yet there are people out there, and I hope that the warnings will reach them and that they will be able to find higher grounds in time.

It doesn't look like the Vancouver area will be affected by any flooding, but maybe we will experience some higher tides.

In the meantime news keep trickling in from all over Canada (and finally at 10:39 - 2 1/2 hours after the main event the Vancouver Sun seemed to have woken up, too!). No injuries or damages have been reported so far, and I hope it will stay that way.

I am going to watch this for a while as I won't be able to sleep anyway:
Emergency Info for BC with warnings and advisories in effect. Here is the tweet.

Tsunami Travel Map - Source