6.8 earthquake hits vancouver island.......

[Scarey]

riots to follow....no seriously it might be pretty bad

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/09/bc-earthquake-vancouver-island.html

 

[wigglee]

apparently very mild.......Guy in Nanaimo didn't feel a thing

 

[Samurai Joey]

It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that an earthquake would eventually strike the BC coast, as the area reported is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, with considerable seismic activity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire

In particular, check the subsection in the Wikipedia article concerning Canada.