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Two B.C. earthquakes in two weeks: Is the Big One coming?

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A 4.7 -magnitude quake struck 24 kilometres northeast of Sechelt on Feb. 21 .

A similar-sized jolt occurred Monday morning at about 5 a.m. It was centred 42 km east of Sidney .

The last massive earthquake to hit the region was on Jan. 26, 1700 .

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