A 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck near Russia's far eastern Kuril Islands on Wednesday triggered a tsunami warning for the closest shores but did not pose a threat to British Columbia, according to B.C. emergency officials.

The quake happened less than 24 hours after a 4.5-magnitude quake struck off the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island.

No tsunami was expected for the island or elsewhere in B.C., Emergency Info BC confirmed.

Earthquakes Canada said the quake happened just before 1:30 p.m. PT, about 166 km west of Port Alice. 

Information posted by Natural Resources Canada states the earthquake happened around 4 a.m. 32 km northwest of Rocky Mountain House, at a depth of 10 kilometres.

Quakes measuring between 3.4 and 4.5 magnitude took place near hydraulic fracturing operations on Nov. 29.

"They have confirmed that there were active injection activities at the reported epicenter," said a government scientist.

One resident said said they felt their "entire building shake like the top floor was gonna fall off."

It could be a week until full resources get to an affected community.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has struck in eastern Peru, near its borders with Brazil and Bolivia, the U.S. Geological survey says.