A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island early today, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal British Columbia and Alaska.
The remainder of the U-S West Coast is under a tsunami watch.
Tsunami warning sirens are going off in Tofino and other coastal communities in BC, and in Kodiak, Alaska.
Emergency Info BC says the tsunami warning covers the Juan de Fuca Strait coast, the outer west coast of Vancouver Island, the central coast and northeast Vancouver Island, and the north coast and Haida Gwaii.
The warning does not include Vancouver.
The agency says anyone in a tsunami warning area should evacuate inland or to higher ground, or move to an upper floor of a multi-story building, depending on individual situations.
(The Canadian Press)