A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has occurred 75 kilometres west of the Village of Daajing Giids on Haida Gwaii. British Columbia emergency officials say in a post online that the quake hit on Monday just after 1:45 p.m. An earthquake of that magnitude is considered light and no tsunami was expected. Officials say the quake was lightly felt in Skidegate, a community of about 700 people on Haida Gwaii. Earthquakes Canada says magnitudes of less than 5.4 rarely cause damage.  

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