SEE ALSO: Russia cancels tsunami warning for Kamchatka after quake, dormant volcano erupts<\/a><\/p>\n No damage is to be expected as a result, and none was reported. Mild shaking was reported near Maude Island, however.<\/p>\n B.C. Sunday, Aug. 3, earthquake locator<\/p>\n The quake occurred along the Queen Charlotte Fault, a right-lateral, strike-slip fault, where the opposite side of it moves to the right, just like the San Andreas Fault<\/a> in California.<\/p>\n The fault marks the boundary between the Pacific and the North American plates, Canada\u2019s most seismically active fault zone.<\/p>\n The largest, regional earthquake in that zone was a massive, 8.1-magnitude tremor that occurred on Aug. 22, 1949–recorded with 100 kilometres of Sunday’s tremor.<\/p>\n It is Canada\u2019s strongest earthquake on record, releasing an estimated two million times more energy than Sunday’s 3.9-magnitude tremor.<\/p>\n Haida Gwaii tectonics\/Canada’s most active fault line<\/p>\n The Sunday B.C. earthquake did not generate a tsunami threat, but follows a few days after the major Russia tremor that did put parts of the coast under a watch and advisory<\/a> for several hours.<\/p>\n However, the 8.8-magnitude earthquake did generate a tsunami for ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, near the quake’s epicentre, in northern Japan and parts of Hawaii.<\/p>\n B.C. residents who felt Sunday’s minor earthquake can submit shaking reports, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n WATCH: Explained: Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?<\/p>\n![\"B.C.](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754258408_432_image.png\"\/)
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