The quake hit 99 kilometres southeast of Perryville, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, at a depth of 10 kilometres.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.0 magnitude quake was 80 kilometres (53 miles) deep.

A 4.0-magnitude earthquake was detected about 31 kilometres southeast of High Prairie, Alta., on Monday, according to Earthquakes Canada.

The quake hit at a shallow depth of four kilometres near the city of Ponce and the towns of Guanica and Guayanilla, where hundreds of homes were destroyed by a quake in early January.

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.