A Magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck 162 kilometres west of Port Hardy, Saturday afternoon.
The quake occurred at 1:38 p.m.
It was too small or far away to be felt. No tsunami is expected.
Millions of earthquakes that are too small to be felt happen every year, while major earthquakes happen, on average, once per year, according to Natural Resources Canada.
About 12,000 Magnitude-4.0 earthquakes and 2,000 Magnitude-5.0 earthquakes occur per year, the federal agency says.
